1 of 2 | Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on disaster funding needs Wednesday his agency needs $8.1 billion in additional disaster relief funding. It’s part of a nearly $100 billion disaster relief funding request across several agencies from the Biden administration. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
Nov. 20 (UPI) — FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg were among those who testified Wednesday before the Senate Appropriations committee as the Biden administration seeks $100 billion in disaster relief funding. Criswell told the committee,