PADILLA, TILLIS, SCHIFF AND CURTIS PRESS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO PASS LONG-TERM DISASTER RECOVERY FUNDING

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla, the senior senator from California, and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), along with Senators Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and John Curtis (R-Utah), urged Congressional leaders to include long-term disaster recovery funding in any supplemental appropriations package after the Administration's recent emergency funding request did not include desperately needed resources for communities to rebuild and recover following catastrophic natural disasters.

In a letter to Senate Committee on Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the Senators identified natural disasters that have severely de...