Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday vowed not to support a federal relief bill aimed at aiding his state in its recovery from Hurricane Ian if it goes beyond providing disaster funding to include unrelated spending.
Rubio made the comments in an interview for CNN’s “State of the Union” program several days after the powerful storm made landfall.
The Category 4 storm with winds of 150 mph (240 kph) has claimed the lives of more than 80 people in Florida and the Carolinas, Reuters reported, although the death toll is expected to keep rising.
Meanwhile, 613,386 electric customers in Florida were without power as of Monday, according to PowerOutage.us….