Trump delayed $20bn in aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, report finds

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Trump delayed $20bn in aid to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, report finds
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/apr/22/joe-biden-climate-summit-greta-thunberg-testify-congress-latest-updates

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The Trump administration delayed more than $20bn in hurricane relief aid for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, according to a report by the housing department’s office of the inspector General.

The efforts to deliver recovery funding to the island were “unnecessarily delayed by bureaucratic obstacles”, according to the 46-page report. The hurricane, which hit the island in 2017, killed thousands of people and left thousands more without electricity or water for months.

One of the main hurdles was the requirement imposed by the Office of Management and Budget, which established an interagency review before grant approvals, according to a report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hud). The process, which was never before required for allocating disaster funds, prevented Hud from publishing its draft notice of funding by the target date.

The investigators were unable to determine why the extra layer of review was required due “denials of access and refusals to cooperate”, according to the report

[OnDoutside]

1. It's amazing that there's even a single Republican vote in PR.

[Carlitos Brigante]

2. Let me go ahead and file that in the "No shit, Sherlock!!" category..... nt

[UTUSN]

3. K&R

[lpbk2713]

4. Yeah, but Trump personally gave them some paper towels.

[FakeNoose]

5. I'm pretty sure this was known already

... but thanks for the reminder.

[TheRealNorth]

6. Another reason for PR statehood

So that they have a real voice in congress.

[Brother Buzz]

7. This was simple in you face retaliation against San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz

He despised her because she would not kowtow to him, and she ended up making orange anus look like the ass that he is when he doubled down on stupid.