Colorado Leaders Appeal Trump’s Denial of Disaster Declarations

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and the state’s two senators called on Sunday for President Donald Trump to reconsider his decision on Saturday night to deny requests for two separate disaster declarations, Colorado.gov reported.

These federal declarations would have unlocked FEMA funding to support the recovery efforts for each disaster, providing critical aid to impacted residents and businesses, according to Denver7.

This comes as leaders in the state of Washington say they will seek a disaster declaration for historic flooding that occurred earlier this month, The Seattle Times reported.

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