Thread by @marcorubio

1/5 #DisasterRelief UPDATE:
After a wait of far too long the Senate has passed a disaster aid package & expect House to pass tonight or tomorrow.

It has $19.1 billion in supplemental aid, an increase of $7 billion over the bill passed earlier by the House.
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2/5 #DisasterRelief UPDATE:
For #Florida this bill:
- Provides $1.67 billion for operations & to begin rebuilding @TeamTyndall
- $480 million for timber restoration
- $150 million for fishery losses which Northwest Florida will be eligible for a portion of
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3/5 #DisasterRelief UPDATE:
- $2.4 billion for CDBG Disaster Relief which HUD can use to help Northwest #Florida
- An extension of the National Flood Insurance Program until September 30,2019 which was about to expire at the end of this month (continued)

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4/5 #DisasterRelief UPDATE:
Disaster Aid bill also contains multiple provisions related to #PuertoRico :
- $600 million for disaster nutrition assistance & $5 million for a study to assess the impact of this additional assistance
- $304 million in CDBG funds
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5/5 #DisasterRelief UPDATE: It took far longer than it should have to reach this deal.

And @POTUS deserves credit & thanks for agreeing to sign this bill despite unreasonable objections to his request for more funding to deal with the crisis at our southern border

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