Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi
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first heard Feb 2025
last heard May 2025
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They could go bankrupt.
uh if they get a category four storm and they don't have federal reimbursement if the federal government isn't coming out and organizing resources you know because fema doesn't have a lot of resources it's dod that's got the resources other agencies fema organizes that and brings it if no one's doing that after a katrina for louisiana or a helene uh in north carolina people are gonna die
And these places are not going to have a good response, and they're not going to recover. I did Hurricane Michael. That was one of the recoveries I did in the Panhandle. Extremely poor area, all Republican, by the way. Without the money the federal government sent in the first Trump administration, these towns would never recover. They'd be gone.
And so this is something that, you know, we're not talking about, but we're getting into hurricane season and I'm worried about whether or not FEMA is going to work. There are there are people in the Trump administration, the West Wing, OK, that are from Florida and know this.
They got to stop the secretary who's never done a disaster cleanup in her entire life, being from being the governor where she was. OK, that that this is needed. That doesn't mean there doesn't need to be reformed. Ben, FEMA does need to reform. They need to get faster, smaller. They need to get out of Homeland. They need to stop doing all of the immigration grants.
Let ICE and Homeland run their own grants. FEMA shouldn't be running them. Okay, so there are things we can fix, but to get rid of this for the American people would be devastating beyond belief. And I haven't even talked about what they've done at NOAA
about you know getting rid of weather balloons and getting rid of people being able to figure out how we're going to track these hurricanes the hurricane hunters there's questions whether those planes are going to be able to get in the air there's time to still fix this uh on on what doge did to those two departments that's why i asked that question at the end i think sometimes the most important things are the questions that are least asked and i think it's been proven once again congress member thank you for joining us you got it ben thanks
The MeidasTouch Podcast · Congressman Chris Pappas Responds to Trump’s Disastrous Term · 19 Apr 2025
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You said that you told your staff to slow the testing down to improve the numbers. Did you ask to slow it down?
Well, thanks. It's great to be on with you. And we know how estranged Donald Trump is from the truth. And the fact is his administration isn't interested in data. They're not interested in science. They're only interested in power and making life more chaotic for Americans all across our country. And that's what they're doing. I was talking with
folks that had contracts with the Department of Education recently. And they were telling me how the Department of Ed has ceased the collection of data. So just putting on a blindfold, not wanting to know what's going on in education across our country, not wanting to know how our kids are doing and where the gaps exist.
They fired individuals that have been working in this space for decades and decades that have very specialized expertise into how our education systems work. and how best we can approach improving our schools for the future.
So this is a full out assault, not just on government, but really on our ability as a country and as communities to solve problems, to know where the challenges lie and to know how best to address them collectively moving forward. So it's a deeply chilling moment, I think, for our democracy and the ability of our government to work for everyday Americans
And look, government needs to be a stabilizing force that's informed by reality, that's informed by the data in order to be able to fulfill its mission. But Donald Trump, we know, and the folks around him, they don't believe in the mission of government. They only believe in Donald Trump and amassing more power. And they're doing it at the expense of the American people.
And we've got to continue to find ways to stand up, to be counted, to provide a full accounting of the damage that's being done, and to work to try to put up guardrails wherever possible.
People are deeply concerned with what they're seeing right now, and it is far reaching in terms of its impacts. It's the delivery of critical programs, including those earned benefits like Social Security.
People are going to have to wait longer to be able to apply for benefits or to get a question answered because they've moved to fire half the people that work for the Social Security Administration. You think about the VA and the positive steps we've taken over the last few years on a bipartisan basis, mind you, to expand care and benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances and burn pits.
But they're moving to fire 80,000 people, including people who provide direct care to veterans and others who answer crisis lines and process claims. That's all having an impact on the ability of our government to deliver on its promise to those who risked everything for our nation and who defended our freedoms. So it's an urgent challenge right now.
We are working to hear directly from our constituents, from our communities, from local nonprofits, all of whom are really disturbed, angry, and anxious about what's happening in Washington, DC. And we've got to make sure that we're using every tool possible on the inside to address this.
So we're signing letters, we're sponsoring legislation, we're signing onto court briefs, we're giving remarks on the floor, we're holding press conferences, but we also need the public really to be engaged in this. in helping to bring the fight in Washington back home.
So whether that's talking about this in terms of jobs and livelihoods, on funding that's being withheld from our communities, on just the ability to deliver critical services, especially to some of our most vulnerable citizens, this attack is far ranging, and we're deeply concerned about where it goes next. We know that the reconciliation package with drastic cuts
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