I am committed to securing federal funding specifically for disaster preparedness... This includes investing in advanced firefighting equipment, improving emergency communication systems, and providing training for emergency personnel.
Secure federal funding for disaster preparedness, emergency communications, firefighting equipment, and responder training.
Occurrences
Evidence
Tokuda said the measure includes $995,000 for the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Volcano Monitoring and Geoarchaeology Laboratory, whose work provides near-real-time monitoring of volcanoes and supports local disaster response and emergency management efforts. The release says the bill "now goes to the Senate."
Tokuda led floor debate for Democrats in support of H.R. 1011, urging immediate passage to enhance federal disaster assistance programs for farmers recovering from the Kona Low storms. The release says the House passed the bill and it moved to the Senate.
Assessments
Tokuda has materially advanced federal disaster-related support in the same congressional term, including House passage activity on disaster assistance and securing a $995,000 House-passed funding item for volcano monitoring that supports disaster response and emergency management. However, the evidence does not show final enacted federal funding for the full promised scope of disaster preparedness, emergency communications, firefighting equipment, and responder training. Because the strongest funding evidence was still awaiting Senate action, this is partial fulfillment rather than delivered.