{"id":26382,"date":"2025-02-14T11:15:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=26382"},"modified":"2025-02-14T11:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T16:15:02","slug":"sen-ossoff-slams-trump-administration-for-denying-georgia-hurricane-helene-relief-extension","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-slams-trump-administration-for-denying-georgia-hurricane-helene-relief-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Slams Trump Administration for Denying Georgia Hurricane Helene Relief Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington D.C.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff released the following statement after the Trump Administration&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/4830-CS-DENIAL-LETTER.pdf\">denied<\/a>&nbsp;the State of Georgia\u2019s request for an extension of the period during which Georgia\u2019s local governments can claim 100% Federal disaster reimbursement to assist with Hurricane Helene cleanup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGeorgia was devastated by Hurricane Helene last fall, and clean-up efforts by local governments are still underway. The Trump Administration just denied Georgia\u2019s request to extend the period during which local governments can claim Federal assistance for cleanup efforts for Georgia. This decision is wrong, and I urge the Trump Administration to reverse course and ensure Georgia\u2019s local governments get the vital support they need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, Governor Brian Kemp requested FEMA extend the time period under which Georgia\u2019s local governments were eligible to be fully reimbursed for Hurricane Helene cleanup costs. The Trump Administration announced on February 12 it has denied the State\u2019s request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/24.02.03_Hurricane-Helene-Debris-Removal-Extension-Letter.pdf\">urged<\/a>&nbsp;the Trump Administration to extend the deadline to support Georgia\u2019s local governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 Today, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff released the following statement after the Trump Administration&nbsp;denied&nbsp;the State of Georgia\u2019s request for an extension of the period during which Georgia\u2019s local governments can claim 100% Federal disaster reimbursement to assist with Hurricane Helene cleanup. \u201cGeorgia was devastated by Hurricane Helene last fall, and clean-up efforts by local [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26382","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/26382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/26382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26384,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/26382\/revisions\/26384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}