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WHISTLEBLOWER: FEMA whistleblowers have come forward with serious allegations, claiming that the agency misappropriated funds following Hurricane Helene, withheld crucial pre-disaster aid, and left first responders and service members stranded in hotels without deployment orders. These whistleblowers suggest that instead of delivering the promised aid and resources efficiently, FEMA's internal mismanagement delayed critical support, leaving communities and responders in limbo.
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Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
October 4, 2024
The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas
Secretary of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
Dear Secretary Mayorkas:
Yesterday, you stated that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is a part of your department, "does not have enough funds to make it through the [hurricane] season." This news comes after FEMA has spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on migrants due to Border Czar Kamala Harris’ open border instead of prioritizing funding for Americans impacted by disasters.
My office has been in contact with whistleblowers in numerous emergency-management functions at the federal, state, and local levels, and they all point to the same critical mismanagement issues. FEMA has wasted taxpayer funds, misappropriated funds, and left their federal, state, and local responders without deployment orders on the ground. As reported and further confirmed by my office, hundreds, if not thousands of service members were deployed by the Department of Defense to North Carolina and have sat idle, waiting for FEMA. We have confirmed FEMA employees deployed, on the clock, awaiting orders in hotels. FEMA pre-disaster aid was withheld, exacerbating the emergency. It is also public that NGOs have purchased airline tickets for migrants through the use of FEMA funds.
The aftermath of Hurricane Helene is a major disaster, and your waste and unpreparedness are leaving Americans in distress—unable to access food, water, or medicine—and expecting help, with none coming.
Please provide answers to the following questions to my office by October 11, 2024:
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What policies and regulations of the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA prevent emergency funds from being wasted on illegal immigrants, including what conditions are placed on grantees of the agency?
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Of FEMA’s total budget for FY 2024, what portion of funds can be guaranteed to have been spent solely on American citizens, and what portion of funds was or may have been spent on noncitizens?
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In FY 2024, what portion of funds in the Disaster Relief Fund have been spent on non-disaster-related programs, such as providing services to illegal aliens or providing routine training to FEMA employees authorized out of general appropriations?
Sincerely,
Matt Gaetz
Member of Congress
h/t @greg_price11
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