Oregon congressional delegation urges FEMA to speed wildfire disaster aid

They specifically asked FEMA to immediately offer help including paying for hotels or other shelter for people who lost their homes or are under evacuation orders. They also asked federal officials to extend individual assistance to people for housing and other needs and disaster assistance to local, state and tribal governments and certain nonprofits to restore infrastructure, remove debris, carry out life-saving work and other measures.

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader and U.S. Rep. Greg Walden urged FEMA to quickly issue assistance to "protect the health and safety of people experiencing displacement and houselessness, and to secure housing stability for the lowest-income survivors displaced by the wildfires in Oregon."