Our legislation empowers Congress to step in and help deliver the support states need when federal assistance is blocked.
Introduce legislation to let Congress override presidential denials of federal disaster relief funding through a fast-track joint resolution process and require prompt written notice to Congress after certain denials.
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The official press releases archive shows June 15, 2026 as the newest item in the current lookback window, and page search found no matches for "disaster", "FEMA", "relief", or "joint resolution" on that archive page.
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The official homepage's latest-news block is dated June 15, 2026 and June 12, 2026 for the newest items, both on unrelated topics; there is no visible homepage evidence of a disaster-relief override bill or written-notice proposal in the current lookback window.
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WASHINGTON — Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), alongside U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Brittney Pettersen (D-CO), introduced legislation to allow Congress to override a Presidential denial of federal disaster relief funding and create a new fast-track process to ensure states are not left without support.
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Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself, Mr. Neguse, and Ms. Pettersen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Rules
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Verified evidence shows Krishnamoorthi introduced legislation to let Congress override presidential denials of federal disaster relief funding and create a fast-track process. The verified passage does not establish the separate prompt written-notice requirement in the canonical claim, so the documented attributable outcome is partial rather than fully delivered.
The available official evidence does not show Raja Krishnamoorthi introducing or advancing legislation matching the claim, and the recent homepage and press-release archive items are unrelated. That is not enough to conclude the promise was fulfilled or failed, so the claim remains unresolved.