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House declares emergency after typhoons, introduces local bill for disaster recovery
Summary
The House met in an emergency special session, unanimously declared an emergency to consider relief appropriations after super typhoons hit Laku, and introduced House Local Bill 24‑55 to allocate local disaster recovery funds; members urged coordination with FEMA and warned against fraud and price‑gouging.
The House met in an emergency special session and unanimously declared that "an emergency exists," moving to consider emergency appropriations after super typhoons struck Laku and other islands in the Commonwealth.
Speaker Villegomez opened the session and recognized the floor leader, who moved under the Open Government Act and House rules (rule 3, section 7) that the House formally determine an emergency exists and convene for emergency appropriation measures to address immediate needs. The clerk recorded all 15 members present voting in the affirmative after one member changed her vote from "present" to "yes," and Speaker Villegomez announced, "the house hereby declares that an…
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