No, Biden didn't say he's done sending aid to Hurricane Helene victims | Fact check

Community strength shines through after destructive Hurricane Helene

Residents of Red Hill, North Carolina show resilience as they unite to rebuild and recover after Hurricane Helene.

A Sept. 30 Instagram video (direct link, archive link) posted by conservative commentator David Harris Jr. shows President Joe Biden speaking with reporters about Hurricane Helene and those impacted by the storm. He tells one reporter, "We've given them all, everything we have."

When one reporter asks Biden if there are any additional resources the government could be providing, Biden says, "No, we've given them, we've pre-planned a significant amount of it, even though they didn't ask for it yet."

Text within the post, which was originally shared on X, formerly Twitter, reads, in part, "Joe Biden says no more additional resources will be given to those affected by Hurricane Helene."

The Instagram post accumulated more than 50,000 likes in a day. Other versions of the claim were shared on Instagram and Facebook.

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This a misrepresentation of Biden's statement and the reporter's question. The president said the government had provided all the available resources available at the time, not that there would be no additional aid. He later said more aid would be forthcoming for those affected by the hurricane.

Hurricane Helene's death toll surpassed 160 on Oct. 2, making it one of the deadliest hurricanes to hit the U.S. mainland. Data from the National Hurricane Center shows the current death toll would rank Helene as the sixth-deadliest hurricane since record-keeping began. Hundreds of people are still missing.

Biden declared the hurricane a "major disaster" in a Sept. 28 statement and ordered federal aid for the areas affected by the storm. This aid includes grants for temporary housing, home repairs and low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses.

However, Biden didn't say this would be the only aid the hurricane victims would be receiving.

The video clip included in the Instagram post shows Biden briefly responding to reporters' questions on Sept. 29 at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, according to C-SPAN. After Biden said the government had given hurricane victims "everything we have," a reporter asked, "Are there any more resources the federal government could be giving them?"

The reporter didn't ask if the government would be allocating more aid in the future.

As can be seen in the post, Biden replied by saying, "No.  We’ve given them – we have preplanned a significant amount of it, even though they didn’t ask for it yet – hadn’t asked for it yet."

A transcript of this exchange published by the White House reaffirms this.

Jeremy Edwards, a White House spokesperson, told USA TODAY the video shows Biden "clearly referring to all we have done for the communities impacted by Hurricane Helene."

"At the direction of President Biden, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell is in North Carolina and will remain there until the situation has stabilized," Edwards said. "FEMA and other agencies have more than 1,200 personnel in North Carolina, with more resources and staff arriving daily."

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