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FEMA nominee pressed on whether Trump favors disaster funding requests from GOP states
FEMA nominee Cameron Hamilton testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, addressing concerns about potential bias in disaster funding allocations to GOP states. Democrats cited a report showing 89% of disaster funding requests approved for Republican-controlled states versus 23% for Democratic states, while Trump has pushed to reduce federal disaster response roles.
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