The recently enacted $15.3-billion emergency funding measure is likely to be just the first of several post-hurricane relief spending bills to help Texas, Florida and other states recover from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) said in a Sept. 10 interview on the CBS News program Face the Nation that the $15-billion measure President Trump signed two days earlier came "just in the nick of time." But Nelson added, "That's going to run out in a few weeks."