{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.schatz.senate.gov/press-releases/26-million-in-new-federal-disaster-relief-funding-headed-to-hawaii", "$26 Million In New Federal Disaster Relief Funding Headed To Hawaii", "2019-12-02", "2019", "2019-12", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Brian Schatz", "S001194", "www.schatz.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "$26 Million In New Federal Disaster Relief Funding Headed To Hawaii \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t New Funding Brings Total Federal Disaster Relief Funding For Hawaii To More Than Half A Billion Dollars; Schatz Worked With State And County, Federal Agencies To Ensure Hawaii Received Its Fair Share Of New Federal Grants \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tMonday, December 2, 2019\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\r\nWASHINGTON  Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that Hawaii will receive $26 million in new federal disaster relief funding. The new Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funding adds to the $71 million announced earlier this year, and will help state and local governments rebuild impacted communities, especially in low- and moderate-income areas, and provide resources to help businesses recover. U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, worked with federal agencies and state and county officials to ensure Hawaii submitted a strong application to receive the maximum amount of funding. The new funding allocation was part of the $1.7 billion housing disaster recovery package Congress passed last year.\r\nAs the recovery process continues, this new federal funding will be a big help. It's also another indication of the strong partnership between our state and our federal agencies, said Senator Schatz, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. I will continue to fight for federal resources at every opportunity to help Hawaii recover.\r\nWith the $26 million in housing and community development grants announced today, Hawaii has now been allocated more than a half a billion dollars in federal disaster relief funding to help the state recover from the historic storms in April 2018, Hurricane Lane, and the eruption of Kilauea on Hawaii Island including:\r\n \r\n$15.3 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in individual assistance to help people who have lost their home;\r\n$205 million from FEMA in public assistance to help local and state governments clean up and repair public infrastructure such as facilities, parks, and water lines;\r\n$93.1 million from the Department of Transportation to help rebuild roads and highways;\r\n$80 million from the Department of the Interior to help repair damages at the Hawaii Volcanoes Observatory and the Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge;\r\n$71 million from the Department of Housing & Urban Development for housing and community development;\r\n$47.2 million from the Small Business Administration in subsidized loans to help individuals and businesses pay for repairs not covered by insurance;\r\n$4 million from the Department of Labor in Disaster UnemploymentInsurance to help those who lost their job temporarily or permanently because of a disaster and are not eligible for regular unemployment benefits; and\r\n$187,000 from the Economic Development Administration to provide technical assistance for economic development activities in disaster impacted areas.\r\n \r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "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": ["http://www.schatz.senate.gov/press-releases/26-million-in-new-federal-disaster-relief-funding-headed-to-hawaii"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8788257837295532, "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"}