Tillis Statement On Cooper’s Mishandling of Disaster Recovery Funding
“For the last six years, I have been warning that Governor Cooper and NCORR were dropping the ball on distributing disaster relief to victims….It is scandalous that the Cooper Administration has failed thousands of North Carolina families, many of whom are still living in hotel rooms and still have no relief from storms that hit our state as long as eight years ago.”
“All this makes it much more difficult for NC’s Congressional leaders to secure needed federal assistance for Helene victims when our colleagues look at the Cooper Administration’s failure to get federal assistance in the hands of Matthew and Florence victims.”
“…State and federal leaders need to hear directly from Director Hogshead and Governor Cooper on how this appalling failure occurred on their watch, and there must be serious systematic changes to ensure NC has a disaster office that is able to properly take care of disaster victims.”
