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He looted the fund to pay $300 supplemental unemployment benefits for our other disaster, Covid-19. It'll end up being easier for Congress to pass a hurricane response bill than it will an economic relief bill. So, on balance, I guess I'm happy he did it. I'm not convinced he's empowered to do it. And, I know he's only doing it because he didn't want to pay out a bigger package in a stimulus bill. But, there's people in a covid-induced economic crisis that need the $300.