House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., rejected the notion on Thursday that Congress should return from its recess to approve more funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency after two major hurricanes, Politico’s E&E News reported.

Congress is in recess until after the election in order for lawmakers to campaign. Meanwhile, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has maintained that FEMA will be out of disaster relief funds before hurricane season is over at the end of November.

However, Johnson believes the $20.3 billion allocated in the funding bill last month should be enough.

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