Republicans in Congress are trying to save an Obama administration program threatened by the coronavirus pandemic designed to protect against climate-related natural disasters and extreme weather events.

More than a half-dozen GOP lawmakers told the Washington Examiner they support giving states and towns more time to spend money awarded to them through the program, the National Disaster Resilience Competition, which was created in 2014 after Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast.

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