Arkansas appeals Trump administration’s denial of FEMA funding

The state’s congressional delegation sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to reconsider, while Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R-AR) has filed an appeal.

“As Governor Sanders noted in her request, these storms caused catastrophic damage across the state, resulting in disastrous amounts of debris, widespread destruction to homes and businesses, the deaths of three Arkansans, and injuries to many more,” Arkansas’s two senators and four House members, all Republicans, wrote in an April 21 letter to Trump. “Given the cumulative impact and sheer magnitude of destruction from these severe weather events, federal assistance is vital to ensure that state and local communities have the capabilities needed to rebuild.”

Sanders appealed FEMA’s decision on April 18. She formerly worked for Trump in his first administration as

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