U.S. Senate committee to review FEMA disaster claims (Florida)

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Yeah..it's called the pre-election "pump money into Florida to make them think good of shrub"


http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FL_HURRICANE_AID_FLOL-?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A U.S. Senate committee will investigate allegations that millions in fraudulent disaster aid claims were paid out by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Florida and other states.

The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs will examine FEMA payments following the four hurricanes that struck Florida last year and disasters in other states, according to a statement issued Thursday by Chairwoman Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn.

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., wrote to Collins in October after the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that thousands of Miami-Dade County residents had collected Hurricane Frances aid even though the storm hit 100 miles to the north. As of Tuesday, FEMA had paid $29.7 million to 12,569 residents of the county.

Nelson again wrote to Collins last month after the newspaper reported that FEMA gave more than $70 million to residents of parts of Alabama, North Carolina and other areas barely touched by disaster. Members of Congress in those states also called for a probe into the matter. "They're going to have to haul the managers in front of the committee," Nelson said Thursday.