Speaker Johnson Says FEMA Still Has Not Used Majority of Disaster Relief Funding

‘FEMA has distributed 2 percent of the over $20 billion in disaster relief funding Congress provided,’ said Johnson.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) walks to a meeting at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 11, 2024. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) again rebuffed claims on Oct. 13 that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) needed more funding to support victims of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Johnson said in a social media post on Sunday that FEMA had distributed only 2 percent of the more than $20 billion in disaster relief funding Congress had already provided the agency.