By Peter Cordi The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is holding a hearing at 10 a.m. to grill FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on the “failure of leadership” that resulted in supporters of President-elect Donald Trump being discriminated against during Hurricane Helene disaster relief. All 35 Republicans on the committee, led by Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) as well as Rep. Scott Perry (R... Read More »
By Justin Harclerode Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves This hearing comes at a critical time. We are being told a supplemental appropriations bill is needed after Congress recently appropriated $20 billion to the Disaster Relief Fund. There have been ongoing concerns about how long FEMA takes to provide aid and rebuild after a disaster. Further, this committee has hig... Read More »
Anders Hagstrom FEMA Director Deanne Criswell vowed to request an inspector general investigation into orders that FEMA employees avoid homes of Trump supporters during relief efforts for Hurricane Milton. Criswell made the commitment during her testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday. Criswell has insisted that orders to avoid pro-Trump homes originated f... Read More »
By Zack Budryk Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell said Tuesday she would call for an Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigation into an employee directing personnel to bypass houses with Trump campaign signs during the federal response to Hurricane Helene. Testifying before the House Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public ... Read More »
By Leif Le Mahieu Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry told The Daily Wire he was not satisfied with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell’s answers during a Tuesday hearing on an agency employee’s instruction to relief workers to skip homes with Trump flags or signs. Perry, the chair of the subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, said that there needed t... Read More »
By Justin Harclerode Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republicans today demanded answers from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell about her agency’s troubling responses to recent disasters and crises, including the amount FEMA resources devoted to addressing the southern border crisis, the slow response pace in some rural areas of the country, and re... Read More »
By Brian Freeman Rep. Scott Perry threw his full support behind President-elect Donald Trump's choice of former Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general, telling Newsmax on Monday that "every time I think about the things that happened over the course of the last four years [at the Department of Justice], I think about how much more we need Matt Gaetz than ever right now." The Pennsylvania Republican b... Read More »
By Peter Cordi An oversight letter sent Thursday by Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman, and Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) demands the Federal Emergency Management Agency provide a detailed briefing on the agency’s response to Trump supporters being skipped during canvassing. The committee, which has legislative and oversight jurisdiction over FEMA, will hold a h... Read More »
By Leif Le Mahieu House lawmakers overseeing FEMA ripped into Administrator Deanne Criswell on Thursday, demanding answers after one of her employees instructed relief workers to skip the homes of Trump supporters in Florida. In a letter from 35 Republicans on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee shared with The Daily Wire, the lawmakers said that Criswell had failed Americans through h... Read More »
By Peter Cordi Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit against two Federal Emergency Management Agency officials for alleged discriminatory practices, which resulted in at least 20 homes displaying pro-Trump signs being skipped during hurricane disaster relief canvassing. Former FEMA Supervisor Marn’i Washington, one of the defendants in the suit, advised her team to “avoid” Florida ... Read More »
By Scott Perry He grew up in public housing, as his mother and father struggled to pay bills and support their family. After his service in the U.S. Navy, he made use of the G.I. Bill to attend the University of Missouri and eventually opened his first business, a donut shop. He went on to run the world’s largest healthcare company and later became Florida’s 45th governor. As governor, Scott champ... Read More »
By Zach Budryk The Biden administration on Tuesday released a roadmap for plans to triple U.S. nuclear capacity by the middle of the century. The plan sets a goal of 200 gigawatts of new capacity by 2050, more than three times the 2020 capacity. This will require the development of multiple new power sources, including large and small modular plants, as well as upgrades to existing reactors and re... Read More »
Fighting for South Central Pennsylvania's Freedoms in Congress Friends, It continues to be a honor to represent Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District in the 118th Congress. I will never stop working to improve your lives through fighting for affordable energy, combatting waste in federal government, and working to protect your freedoms. In the 118th Congress, I introduced 36 bills, 73 amendm... Read More »
Defending America and America's Interests Friends, As your Representative, I’ve been committed to strengthening our national security and ensuring taxpayer dollars are used effectively in defense of our Country. As a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, I have fought to hold the Biden-Harris administration accountable for its numerous failures including its weakness on Iran and the botched wi... Read More »
Fighting for Taxpayers' Needs in Transportation and Infrastructure Friends, As your Representative, I've been committed to spending less of your money, and ensuring the money we do spend is done so responsibly. As Chairman of the Economic Development, Emergency Management, and Public Buildings Subcommittee and member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I have fought to reduce wast... Read More »
