In the News EXTREME WEATHER: Trump tapped a disaster fund stressed by climate change
“It’s never a great idea to spend down disaster funds, but it’s a particularly bad idea under the current circumstances,” said R.J. Lehmann, a senior fellow at the R Street Institute, a public policy research group that tracks federal disaster spending. “If we have a major event, there’s going to be a supplemental from Congress. But it’s still stupid.”
