Mike Johnson Under Pressure To Recall Congress To Pass FEMA Funding [Video]

House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing pressure to reconvene Congress ahead of November’s election to approve a disaster relief package in the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers have called for an early end to the October recess in order to approve additional funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Milton made landfall as a Category 3 storm in Florida on Wednesday night, as communities were still reeling from the devastation wreaked by Helene. Helene hit Florida as a Category 4 storm two weeks ago before plowing across several southeastern states.

Amid concerns that it could further stretch FEMA, President Joe Biden on Thursday said he thinks Congress “should be coming back and moving on emergency needs immediately.”

But Johnson has said he will not call lawmakers back early, saying Congress has provided FEMA with the money it needs to respond.