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<\/p>\n\t\t\t\tJuly 08, 2026 | Press Releases <\/p>\n
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PUNTA GORDA, FL \u2014\u00a0Rep. Greg Steube joined Senator Ashley Moody today in Punta Gorda to announce the recovery of $1.8 billion in delayed FEMA disaster reimbursements statewide, including approximately $64 million headed to Charlotte County. This historic achievement is largely possible thanks to the Trump Administration\u2019s efforts to clear FEMA\u2019s disaster reimbursement backlog.<\/p>\n
\u201cCharlotte County has waited years for the money FEMA already agreed to pay. That\u2019s not how disaster recovery is supposed to work,\u201d\u00a0said Rep. Greg Steube.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m grateful to President Trump, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and FEMA for helping cut through the bureaucracy and get these long-overdue dollars moving.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFlorida has been waiting on essential disaster\u00a0assistance\u00a0funds for hurricane recovery since 2017\u2014 I\u2019ve\u00a0been in the Senate for less than a year and a\u00a0half and\u00a0have worked hard to bring\u00a0nearly $2 billion\u00a0of outstanding FEMA funds back home to Florida.\u00a0I\u2019ll\u00a0continue fighting to deliver the federal support Floridians need while making the disaster recovery process more transparent, efficient, and accountable,\u201d said\u00a0Senator Ashley Moody.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis reflects our ongoing partnership with state and local leaders with more than $1.2 billion to Florida communities in the last 90 days,\u201d said Rob Ashe, FEMA Region 4 Regional Administrator. \u201cOur FEMA team in Florida continues to fulfill President Trump and Secretary Mullin\u2019s promise to deliver effective federal assistance to the state. Thank you to Rep. Steube for being a valued partner in supporting ongoing recovery efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n
The funds reimburse eligible disaster recovery projects that FEMA had already approved but left unpaid for years, forcing state and local governments to carry the costs. Thanks to the leadership of President Trump, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and FEMA, these long-overdue reimbursements are finally reaching Florida communities. In Charlotte County, much of the delayed funding stems from Hurricane Ian recovery projects. Some of the longest outstanding reimbursements date back to Hurricane Irma in 2017.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s announcement builds on recent momentum at the federal level to accelerate disaster recovery funding for Florida communities. On July 2, FEMA announced an additional $124 million in funding for 70 disaster recovery and hazard mitigation projects across Florida, bringing the agency\u2019s total support to the state to more than $1.2 billion over the past 90 days. That funding has supported communities recovering from Hurricanes Helene, Milton, and other recent natural disasters.<\/p>\n
Rep. Steube will continue working with President Trump, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, FEMA, and local leaders to ensure Southwest Florida communities receive every disaster recovery dollar they are owed as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"July 08, 2026 | Press Releases PUNTA GORDA, FL \u2014\u00a0Rep. Greg Steube joined Senator Ashley Moody today in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-333824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}