Amidst New Wildfire Season, Oregon Lawmakers Demand Answers From FEMA
The remnants of a house and minivan in Phoenix, Oregon, September 2020. Credit Brian Bull / KLCC Democratic Senator Ron Wyden is among those signed on to a letter to FEMA’s administrator. The agency has taken heat for rejecting most of the disaster relief claims from last year’s wildfire victims. “We really need these federal officials to jumpstart improvements in how these procedures work, Senator Wyden told KLCC. "Because Oregonians really feel that after they’ve been hit by a disaster, these horrendous weather challenges, the last thing they need is to get hit with another round ...
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