Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, has appealed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denial of nearly $34 million in disaster relief to help Western Maryland areas recovering from a devastating flood earlier this year. Maryland’s sole Republican member of Congress said Moore should look to his own budget before appealing to the federal government for help.

Rep. Andy Harris, a Republican who represents the 1st District, told Maryland Matters that the flooding is “a tragedy,” but said federal aid was not warranted in this instance.

“Federal emergency aid really should be for very, very large disasters that states can’t afford to cover on their own,” Harris, the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, said this week. “The governor just raised taxes $1.6 billion. He probably could find $30 million

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