📋 Tender Overview
POLITICO reported that the Department of Housing and Urban Development will lift the illegal hold on 8.2 billion in disaster mitigation funds for Puerto Rico already approved by Congress and dating back to Hurricane Maria in 2017. This move comes in response to heavy pressure from members of Congress to release the funds now over two years overdue.The White House has not however responded to requests from the Governor of Puerto Rico for FEMAs comprehensive disaster assistance. In response Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune issued the following statementDonald Trump has illegally withheld 8.2 billion in funding authorized by Congress for the people of Puerto Rico for no acceptable or understandable reason for far too long. Only now has he finally relinquished it at a time when he should instead be going much further and responding to the current state of emergency on the island. It is a sad state of affairs when the state of New York is trying to do more to support the people of Puerto Rico throughout this disaster than the President. This is shameful abandonment of the people of Puerto Rico and it is costing lives. Sierra Club stands shoulder to shoulder with the people of Puerto Rico against the callousness of the Trump administration. Trump must act immediately to approve the governors request for FEMAs comprehensive disaster assistance and to release the billions of dollars in community block grant funds that the White House continues to illegally withhold.
