House Speaker Says Congress Can Wait for Helene Damage Needs
- GOP’s Johnson says specific aid requests take time to compile
- Politics surrounding Hurricane Helene inflamed by election
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House Speaker Mike Johnson said Hurricane Helene’s devastation doesn’t require immediate action by Congress to boost federal disaster relief funding because it’ll take time to assess the damage.
Johnson’s comments on Fox News Sunday add to a political messaging battle around the storm, which struck states from Florida to western Virginia and left at least 225 people dead.