{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-requests-information-on-missouri-tornado-relief-after-reported-delays/", "Hawley Requests Information on Missouri Tornado Relief After Reported Delays", "2025-09-30", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "Senate", "MO", "Josh Hawley", "H001089", "www.hawley.senate.gov", "hawley", "https://www.hawley.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Management, sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s (FEMA) Acting Administrator David Richardson following reports of delays in FEMA\u2019s response to the May 16, 2025 Missouri tornadoes.\n\nSenator Hawley wrote, \u201cI write regarding the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s response to the May 16, 2025 tornadoes in Missouri. St. Louis city officials have reported delays in the distribution of federal assistance. As you know, the President approved a major disaster declaration for the St. Louis region on June 9. Some reports indicate that various aspects of the approved aid, however, have yet to arrive.\u201d\n\nHe continued, \u201cAs Chair of the Subcommittee on Disaster Management, I request your help in gathering relevant information. You will agree, I know, that residents of disaster areas should receive approved federal assistance in a timely manner to ensure a swift recovery.\u201d\n\nSenator Hawley concluded the letter by requesting specific information on FEMA\u2019s response to the St. Louis tornadoes.\n\nRead the full letter here or below.\n\nSeptember 29, 2025\n\nDavid Richardson\n\nActing Administrator\n\nFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)\n\n500 C St., S.W.\n\nWashington, DC 20472\n\nDear Acting Administrator Richardson:\n\nI write regarding the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u2019s response to the May 16, 2025 tornadoes in Missouri. St. Louis city officials have reported delays in the distribution of federal assistance. As you know, the President approved a major disaster declaration for the St. Louis region on June 9. Some reports indicate that various aspects of the approved aid, however, have yet to arrive.\n\nAs Chair of the Subcommittee on Disaster Management, I request your help in gathering relevant information. You will agree, I know, that residents of disaster areas should receive approved federal assistance in a timely manner to ensure a swift recovery. Please provide the following information to the Subcommittee no later than October 6, 2025:\n\nHow much FEMA aid has been provided to St. Louis to date pursuant to the June 2025 disaster declaration? How much aid remains to be provided? Please break down this information by specific recovery program.\n\nHow many FEMA personnel were deployed to assist with recovery efforts in St. Louis? What were their specific roles?\n\nHas FEMA provided door-to-door services to help affected St. Louis residents apply for assistance? If not, why not?\n\nHas FEMA closed disaster-recovery facilities in St. Louis at which residents can apply for financial assistance? How long were these facilities operational?\n\nHow is FEMA working to expedite deployment of federal resources to disaster areas, both in Missouri and in other affected regions?\n\nI look forward to hearing from you.\n\nSincerely,", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-requests-information-on-missouri-tornado-relief-after-reported-delays/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2251688167452812, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}