Florida Sens. Marco Rubio, Bill Nelson request emergency declaration before Hurricane Irma makes landfall

Published September 5, 2017 9:43pm ET



Florida Sens. Marco Rubio, a Republican, and Bill Nelson, a Democrat, are urging President Trump to grant a pre-landfall emergency declaration for Florida as the state prepares for Hurricane Irma to make landfall.

The two senators sent Trump a letter Tuesday after Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, requested from the president an emergency declaration to unlock federal resources for all of Florida’s 67 counties.

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