House Dem: Trump administration withholding World Cup money '100%' political - Reuters

"Trump administration withholding World Cup money '100%' political"

— House Dem , Politician

"I don't have any doubt that they are using that for political reasons."

— Nellie Pou , Politician

"FEMA was in the final stages of reviewing applications to ensure proper oversight when Democrats shut down the government putting significant portions of the FEMA staff on administrative leave."

— Kristi Noem , Politician

"Within the next 30 days is the drop-dead date. I know that the local agencies are very anxious."

— Raymond Martinez , Executive

"The ... funding would be critical for our staffing and our mutual aid partners to come in and assist."

— Joseph Mabin , Executive

"I don’t have any doubt that they are using that for political reasons."

— Nellie Pou , Politician

"It’s time for DHS to do its job."

— Nellie Pou , Politician

"We are 107 days out from the tournament, but more importantly we are about 70-something days out from starting to build the fan fest."

— Raymond Martinez , Executive

"the funding is 'critical' to hire enough staff for the tournament."

— Joseph Mabin , Executive

"I don’t have any doubt that they are using that for political reasons."

— Nellie Pou , Politician

"The longer DHS goes without funding, the less prepared our nation will be for threats at the FIFA World Cup."

— Kristi Noem , Politician

"Within the next 30 days is the drop-dead date. I know that the local agencies are very anxious."

— Raymond Martinez , Executive

"The … funding would be critical for our staffing and our mutual aid partners to come in and assist."

— Joseph Mabin , Executive