Strickland questions Fugate on alleged election conditions in FY2026 HSGP grants
The clip shows Rep. Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) questioning former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate during a House hearing about non-disaster preparedness grants. She alleges that the June 24, 2026 FY2026 Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Homeland Security Grant Program withholds 20% of funds unless states comply with Trump administration election policies, politicizing roughly $200 million in counterterrorism funding. Fugate describes FEMA as being directed by the administration to advance policy until courts intervene. Strickland contrasts this with Fugate's past disaster-response support for elections in New Jersey and Florida and concludes the policy amounts to voter suppression. No other witnesses or documents appear in the segment.
Source: Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland