White House preparing $5.9B request for Harvey recovery aid

Friday, September 1, 2017

WASHINGTON -- The White House has prepared a request to Congress for an initial $5.9 billion package in Harvey recovery aid, a first down payment to make sure recovery efforts over the next few weeks are funded adequately.

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