Although Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) plans to visit the western part of North Carolina this week in the “deadly and devastating” aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Politico reports the GOP lawmaker has confirmed that Congress doesn’t plan to provide any disaster aid before November.
Johnson’s trip to the Tar Heel State comes amid Congress’ nearly five-week-long recess, which several Democratic and Republican lawmakers are calling to cut short due to the need to “pass additional disaster relief funding,” according to Axios.
However, Politico’s Olivia Beavers reported via X early Sunday morning that “Speaker Mike Johnson will NOT be calling the House back early to vote on a disaster aid supplemental in the wake of the Hurricane.”
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Beavers added: “He tells me the cost of damages has to be ‘tabulated’ before a supplemental is considered and he argued they are a ways away from that.”