Reps. Thompson, DeFazio Urge Trump to Approve Assistance for FEMA to Pay for Coronavirus Victim Burials
May 02, 2020
May 02, 2020
WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following joint statement urging President Trump to release funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for burial costs for victims of COVID-19:
In past disasters, FEMA has paid these costs:
"The current coronavirus pandemic has not only been . . .
In past disasters, FEMA has paid these costs:
"The current coronavirus pandemic has not only been . . .