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President Biden To Deliver Remarks On Disaster Recovery From California

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US president Joe Biden is shortly due to deliver remarks from Aptos, California on the federal government's commitment to California's recovery from storms.

  • https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/
  • Earlier in the day Biden toured areas hit by storm damage.
  • Biden said in a statement that he has made "additional disaster assistance available to the State of California by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for emergency protective measures undertaken in the State of California as a result of severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides beginning on December 27, 2022, and continuing.
  • "Under the President's order today, the Federal share for debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, under the Public Assistance program has been increased to 100 percent of the total eligible costs for 60 days from the start of the incident period."

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