Issue Position: Preparing for Emergencies

Issue Position

For every $1 we invest in preparing for emergencies like floods and tornadoes, we save $6 when the emergency arrives. Towns like Elba, Alabama have seen terrible destruction from flooding. There was a terrible flood in 1990, but the town was not able to afford the necessary infrastructure improvements, so additional floods devastated the town in 1994 and 1998. There's no sense in letting the same disaster strike again and again.

That's why I support expanding FEMA's Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program and FEMA's Flood Mitigation Assistance Program. These investments will pay for themselves while also preventing loss of life and property.

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