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Disaster Relief · Issue 2 of 12

Voted against hurricane relief. Twice.

Just days after major category 3 and 4 hurricanes hit Florida, Byron Donalds voted to withhold billions of dollars in funding for disaster relief and flood insurance Floridians depend on.

$18B+FEMA disaster funding in the bill he voted against, two days after Hurricane Ian made landfall

Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, edited

The facts

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  1. On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall near Cayo Costa in southwestern Florida as a dangerous, high-end Category 4 storm. 1

  2. His vote

    On September 30, 2022, Byron Donalds voted against a continuing resolution (CR) providing appropriations to federal agencies. The CR includes an extension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and a provision allowing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to access over $18 billion up front to respond to current and future disasters. 23

  3. His vote

    On September 25, 2024, Byron Donalds voted against a stopgap spending bill authorizing funding for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and allowing FEMA to spend money from its Disaster Relief Fund quickly to carry out response and recovery efforts. The stopgap spending bill provided $20.261 billion to FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund and extended $30.4 billion of borrowing authority to the NFIP. 45

  4. Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend area of the Florida Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm on September 26, 2024. 6

Tell Byron Donalds: Florida can't afford a governor who votes against hurricane relief.

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Sources

Every claim on this page, with links to the votes, filings and reporting behind it.

  1. NOAA, Hurricane Ian's path of destruction, Oct. 4, 2022
  2. Congress.gov, H.R. 6833, 117th Congress, 2022
  3. National Association of Counties, Congress passes continuing resolution to fund government through midterm elections, Sept. 28, 2022
  4. Congress.gov, H.R. 9747, 118th Congress, 2024
  5. Congressional Research Service, Overview of continuing appropriations for FY2025, Oct. 7, 2024
  6. National Weather Service, Hurricane Helene, Sept. 26, 2024, Updated Oct. 18, 2024