A pair of lawmakers are calling on congressional leaders to call an emergency special session to pass supplemental disaster relief for states affected by Hurricane Helene. 

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) was the first lawmaker to make the call after traveling across his home state of Florida, one of the southeastern states hit directly by the storm, to survey damage while the Federal Emergency Management Agency completes its damage assessments. Once those are finished, Scott said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) should “immediately reconvene” to pass supplemental spending and other disaster relief legislation.