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Articles by Sally Persons

President Trump's White House said it was preparing a first installment of perhaps $6 billion in emergency aid and will come back later with a bigger relief package to help Houston and other areas damaged by Harvey. Watchdogs, however, say just as important as the price tag is how the money is spent by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (Associated Press/File)

Harvey waste, fraud eyed after Katrina

Congress is preparing to open the federal checkbook for Hurricane Harvey, but budget watchdogs say lawmakers should take a lesson from Hurricane Katrina, after taxpayers doled out $100 billion -- and investigators are still finding massive fraud and waste 12 years later.

September 3, 2017