The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency tells lawmakers she has encouraged the agency’s inspector general to review whether an employee was acting alone when directing workers helping hurricane victims to avoid homes with yards signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump.

While lawmakers held the oversight hearing to examine FEMA's overall response to the devastating hurricanes, much of the focus centered on allegations that the agency had selectively withheld assistance from certain Americans due to their political beliefs.

President Joe Biden’s administration is seeking $98.6 billion in emergency disaster relief funding from Congress to address the devastation from recent back-to-back hurricanes that hammered the US southeast and left billions in damage.