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FEMA grants

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Gillen presses Fugate on NSGP deadlines and flood corridor resilience in hearing

Jul 16, 2026

Rep. Laura Gillen questions former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate during a congressional hearing. She highlights flooding risks on Long Island after Superstorm Sandy, her amendment to the FEMA Act of 2025 on major corridor investments, and urgent concerns over delayed FY2025 Nonprofit Security Grant Program awards plus an abbreviated FY2026 application period in New York. Fugate endorses building to future risk standards, supports extending NSGP deadlines, and recommends legislative fixes for funding periods tied to the fiscal year. The segment includes entry of a bipartisan letter into the record urging FEMA action.

Source: Rep. Laura Gillen

Strickland questions Fugate on alleged election conditions in FY2026 HSGP grants

Jul 15, 2026

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