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"The Department of Housing and Urban Development, under Ben Carson, had
a legally required deadline back in September to make desperately needed
hurricane relief funding available to the suffering American island. The
housing agency was supposed to issue funding notices to 18 states and
territories affected by hurricanes on Sept. 4. They did so with one
exception: Puerto Rico.
Donald Trump and Ben Carson are refusing to release the aid in direct
opposition to the congressional mandate. HUD officials even told the
House Appropriations subcomittee that they just won’t do it. Not only
did HUD officials admit that they are willfully defying the law, but
they also admitted that they have “no statutory authority” to miss such
a deadline.
So why are they doing it? Because laws don’t matter in Trumpland, and
Trump hates Puerto Rico."
Via Violante de Rojas and Jennifer Freeman.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
