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</font></div><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b> Long, the administrator of FEMA, echoed Trump's statements disputing the death toll in Puerto Rico last year on Meet The Press today, going so far as to claim some of the hurricane-related deaths may be incidents of "spousal abuse."</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Long was being interviewed in large part over FEMA efforts with Hurricane Florence, but the topic shifted to Hurricane Maria and President Trump's accusations that the 2,975 deaths reported by the Puerto Rico government were inflated by Democrats to make the president look bad.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Initially, Long attempted to deflect, claiming the president was "taken out of context" when he said there were no lessons to learn from the response in Puerto Rico and blamed the local government and the private sector for the botched response.</font></p><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 20px;" /><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">When pressed on the disparity of death counts, Long claimed that FEMA only takes counts from local coroners, noting that the number of deaths were "all over the place."</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Long then attempted to break down these cases into "direct deaths" and "indirect deaths."</font></p><blockquote style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"IN MY OPINION, WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DO IS FIGURE OUT WHY PEOPLE DIE FROM DIRECT DEATHS, WHICH IS THE WIND, THE WATER, AND THE WAVES -- YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS COLLAPSING WHICH IS PROBABLY WHERE THE 65 NUMBER CAME FROM, AND THEN THERE'S INDIRECT DEATHS."</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"SO THE GEORGE WASHINGTON STUDY LOOKED AT WHAT HAPPENED SIX MONTHS AFTER THE FACT -- AND WHAT HAPPENS IS... YOU MIGHT SEE MORE DEATHS INDIRECTLY OCCUR AS TIME GOES ON BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE HEART ATTACKS DUE TO STRESS, THEY FALL OFF THEIR HOUSE TRYING TO FIX THE ROOF, THEY DIE IN CAR CRASHES BECAUSE THEY WENT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION WHERE THE STOP LIGHTS WEREN'T WORKING."</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"YOU KNOW THE OTHER THING, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUDIES ON THIS THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT. SPOUSAL ABUSE GOES THROUGH THE ROOF. YOU CAN'T BLAME SPOUSAL ABUSE AFTER A DISASTER ON ANYBODY."</font></p></blockquote><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Long has been under fire for his misuse of FEMA vehicles.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Watch the video below:</font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b> Thursday, Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/13/trump-fema-administrator-under-investigation-821231" style="text-decoration-line: none;">reported</a> that Brock Long, President Donald Trump's administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General for potential improper use of government property.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Specifically, Long is accused of using government cars for personal weekend travel to his hometown of Hickory, North Carolina — which has drawn scrutiny from DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen as well as the inspector general. Some sources say Nielsen even suggested Long resign, although others dispute this account.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Numerous Trump administration officials have been accused of improperly using taxpayer money and government resources for personal benefit. Former Health and Human Services Secretary <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/us/politics/tom-price-trump-hhs.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Tom Price</a> resigned in disgrace amid reports he billed the government for personal travel aboard private and military planes, as did former EPA administrator <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/29/us/politics/tom-price-trump-hhs.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Scott Pruitt</a> after reports he used taxpayer resources to fly first class and chartered jets, hunt for rental properties, go to Disneyland and the Rose Bowl, vacation in Italy, and even try to get his wife a Chick-Fil-A franchise.</font></p><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 20px;"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Also under scrutiny, but still in office, are Housing and Urban Development Secretary <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/20/ben-carson-defends-purchase-of-new-31000-set-the-dining-room-table-was-actually-dangerous/" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ben Carson</a>, who tried to purchase a $31,000 dining room set on a government account and lied about it, and Interior Secretary <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/ryan-zinke-spent-139k-doors-here-are-all-trump-officials-caught-misspending-838047" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Ryan Zinke</a>, who spent $139,000 upgrading doors in his office.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The investigation into Long's conduct comes as FEMA is facing a potentially monumental disaster relief task as <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/13/hurricane-florences-path-track-storm-here.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Hurricane Florence</a> bears down on the Carolinas. The agency's track record under Trump, including last year's disaster in <a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/07/13/628861808/fema-report-acknowledges-failures-in-puerto-rico-disaster-response" style="text-decoration-line: none;">Puerto Rico</a> that killed nearly 3,000 people, does not inspire confidence, and nor do reports Trump <a href="https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/msnbcs-rachel-maddow-reveals-stunning-records-showing-trump-admn-shifted-money" style="text-decoration-line: none;">raided $10 million</a> from the agency's budget to pay for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). </font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">'Climate Change' Removed From FEMA's Strategic Plan</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Last year, one of the hottest years in modern history, was also the costliest year ever for weather disasters, setting the U.S. back a record-setting $306 billion in spending aid and relief cost.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">But it appears the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the agency that responds to hurricanes, flooding and wildfires, is ignoring a critical factor that exacerbates these natural disasters: climate change.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">On Thursday, FEMA released its Strategic Plan for the next four years, which replaces the Obama-era version that made repeat mentions of climate change.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The new document does not mention the terms "climate change," "sea level rise" or even "extreme weather." The only phrasing that comes close is "rising natural hazard risk" and "pre-disaster mitigation," without mentioning what drives those risks.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The plan states: "Disaster costs are expected to continue to increase due to rising natural hazard risk, decaying critical infrastructure, and economic pressures that limit investments in risk resilience. As good stewards of taxpayer dollars, FEMA must ensure that our programs are fiscally sound. Additionally, we will consider new pathways to long-term disaster risk reduction, including increased investments in pre-disaster mitigation."</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">FEMA's Strategic Plan for 2018-2022</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In comparison, the 2014-2018 Strategic Plan from President Barack Obama's FEMA highlighted the necessity to adapt to future climate-influenced risks:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Scientific evidence indicates that the climate is changing and significant economic, social, and environmental consequences can be expected as a result. A changing climate is already resulting in quantifiable changes to the risks communities face, showing that future risks are not the same as those faced in the past. State, tribal, territorial, and local demands for climate-enabled risk management information and tools are expected to rise and evolve as the need to adapt to climate change increases. The emergency management community will need to adapt appropriately to these changing risks as they strengthen their risk-management programs."</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">FEMAs Strategic Plan for 2014-2018</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Responding to the report, FEMA Public Affairs Director William Booher told NPR, "It is evident that this strategic plan fully incorporates future risks from all hazards regardless of cause. Building upon the foundation established by FEMA's previous two Strategic Plans, this plan commits the agency, and the nation, to taking proactive steps to increasing pre-disaster investments in preparedness and mitigation."</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bloomberg noted that current FEMA director Brock Long, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, has skirted around the issue of man-made climate change.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"The term climate change has become such a political hot button that, I think, it keeps us from having a real dialogue," he told the publication last summer.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Long also told CNN in September, "Regardless of what causes disasters, it's our job within the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA to manage the consequences."</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>William Brock Long</b> (born April 6, 1975)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">[1]</a></sup> is an American emergency manager who currently serves as the administrator of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency" title="Federal Emergency Management Agency" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">Federal Emergency Management Agency</a>(FEMA). He was appointed to the position by President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">Donald Trump</a> in April 2017 and confirmed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">United States Senate</a> in June 2017.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1;"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;" xmlns:xml="xml"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /><h2 style="background: none; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: 0px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Contents</font></font></font></font></h2> <span class="toctoggle" style="user-select: none;"> [<a role="button" tabindex="0" class="togglelink" style="font-weight: bold; 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padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Career</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long#Administrator_of_the_Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">References</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">External links</span></font></a></li></ul></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /><h2 linux="Linux" libertine="Libertine" georgia="Georgia" times="Times" serif="serif" line-height="line-height" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brock_Long&action=edit§ion=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Education" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Long grew up in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton,North_Carolina" title="Newton, North Carolina" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">Newton, North Carolina</a>, graduating from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton-Conover_High_School" title="Newton-Conover High School" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">Newton-Conover High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">[2]</a></sup> He received his B.S. in criminal justice and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">M.P.A.</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_State_University" title="Appalachian State University" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">Appalachian State University</a>. He also graduated from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Postgraduate_School" title="Naval Postgraduate School" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">Naval Postgraduate School</a>'s Executive Leadership Program.</font></p><h2 linux="Linux" libertine="Libertine" georgia="Georgia" times="Times" serif="serif" line-height="line-height" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brock_Long&action=edit§ion=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Career" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Long was an emergency management official in Georgia, where he served as the Statewide Planner/School Safety Coordinator for the Georgia Emergency Management Agency from September 1999 to November 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">[3]</a></sup> He worked for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency" title="Federal Emergency Management Agency" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">Federal Emergency Management Agency</a> as Hurricane Program Manager from November 2001 to January 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long#cite_note-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">[4]</a></sup> Long was the Southeast Regional Director for Beck Disaster Recovery from February 2007 to February 2008.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Long headed the Alabama Emergency Management Agency from 2008 to 2011 under Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Riley" title="Bob Riley" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">Bob Riley</a> and developed the state's response to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1N1_influenza" class="mw-redirect" title="H1N1 influenza" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">H1N1 influenza</a>. During the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill" title="Deepwater Horizon oil spill" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;"><i>Deepwater Horizon</i> oil spill</a>, he was the State Incident Commander for the Alabama <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Command(Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill)" title="Unified Command (Deepwater Horizon oil spill)" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">Unified Command</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_5-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long#cite_note-NYT-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">[5]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2011, Long joined the emergency management consulting firm <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Hagerty" title="Steve Hagerty" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">Hagerty Consulting</a>, where he was executive vice president.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">[6]</a></sup></font></p><h2 linux="Linux" libertine="Libertine" georgia="Georgia" times="Times" serif="serif" line-height="line-height" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Administrator_of_the_Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency">Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brock_Long&action=edit§ion=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">Donald Trump</a> nominated Long to be administrator of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency" title="Federal Emergency Management Agency" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">Federal Emergency Management Agency</a> on April 28, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_5-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long#cite_note-NYT-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">[5]</a></sup> On June 20, 2017, he was confirmed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">United States Senate</a> with a vote of 95 to 4.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">[7]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; line-height: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In August 2017, Long faced the first major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_disaster" title="Natural disaster" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">natural disaster</a> of his tenure in the form of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Harvey" title="Hurricane Harvey" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">Hurricane Harvey</a>. He stated that the hurricane would likely be recorded for Texas as "the worst disaster the state's seen," with the recovery period expected to take "many years." Weeks before, he had told interviewers that his biggest concern was major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurricane" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">hurricane</a> preparedness.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">[8]</a></sup> Long received widespread praise for his handling of the federal response to Hurricane Harvey.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brock_Long#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none; background: none;">[9]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">===</font></div></div></div></div>