Vote against any supplemental appropriations package that does not include additional funding for Western North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene recovery needs.

For that reason, I will vote against any supplemental appropriations package that does not include additional funding for Western North Carolina.

Budd committed to oppose supplemental appropriations legislation unless it includes additional disaster recovery funding for Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene.

Budd Vows To Oppose Supplemental Appropriations Unless It Includes Helene Recovery Funding - U.S. Senator Ted Budd
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Budd said OMB sent Congress a supplemental funding request for Operation Epic Fury costs and farmer assistance, but that it omitted Western North Carolina recovery funding. He stated: “I will vote against any supplemental appropriations package” without additional WNC funding.

Within the 30-day lookback window, Budd publicly committed to oppose a pending supplemental package unless WNC Hurricane Helene recovery funding is added. This is an explicit effort signal, but not yet a roll-call vote.

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Budd Vows To Oppose Supplemental Appropriations Unless It Includes Helene Recovery Funding - U.S. Senator Ted Budd
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The official Senate roll-call list shows the most recent displayed votes through June 24, 2026, one day before Budd's statement. The listed June 9-24 votes include nominations, resolutions, S. 2 reconciliation, and H.R. 6644 housing action, but no post-statement supplemental appropriations vote.

No official Senate roll-call vote after Budd's June 25 pledge was found in the lookback window, so the promise has not yet been tested by a vote.

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Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 2nd Session (2026)
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Budd's official site listed a July 2, 2026 statement after FEMA announced more than $197 million in federal aid to rebuild Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene.

Recent FEMA aid indicates ongoing recovery funding is being delivered, but it is agency implementation rather than Budd casting a vote against or for a supplemental appropriations package.

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Budd Releases Statement After FEMA Announces Over $197M in Federal Aid to Rebuild Western North Carolina After Hurricane Helene
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Budd said FEMA announced over $267 million in Public Assistance grants for 65 Hurricane Helene repair projects and more than $30 million under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for North Carolina.

This shows continued Helene recovery funding in the lookback window, including WNC projects, but it does not resolve whether Budd will vote against a supplemental package lacking WNC funds.

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Budd Releases Statement After FEMA Announces Nearly $300 Million in Federal Funding for Hurricane Helene Recovery Projects
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Congress.gov records H.R.10545 as Public Law 118-158. CRS summarized it as providing FY2025 continuing appropriations plus supplemental appropriations for disaster relief, including response to hurricanes, severe storms, flooding, and other disasters.

The December 2024 law supplied disaster supplemental funding that Budd later said had been largely allocated. It is context for partial recovery funding, not proof of the June 2026 vote pledge being fulfilled.

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H.R.10545 - American Relief Act, 2025
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The Senate passed H.R.10545 by 85-11 on December 21, 2024. The roll call lists Budd (R-NC) as voting Yea on the bill, which Congress.gov identifies as including disaster relief supplemental appropriations.

Budd previously supported a supplemental package that contained disaster relief, but this predates the June 2026 commitment and does not show a vote against a package lacking WNC funding.

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U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 118th Congress - 2nd Session, Vote 339
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