AS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ABANDONS DISASTER-STRICKEN COMMUNITIES, VAN HOLLEN JOINS WARREN, COLLEAGUES IN RENEWING PUSH TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF DISASTERS

WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Chirs Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and 11 of thier colleagues in reintroducing the Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act. This legislation comes as the Trump Administration has weakened housing resiliency standards, gutted the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its hazard mitigation programs, and denied and delayed disaster funding.

The Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act is co-sponsored by Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Michael Bennet (D-Co.), Rich...