WASHINGTON –– Representative Larry Bucshon, M.D. (Ind.-08)joined Senators Todd Young and Mike Braun and Representatives Frank Mrvan (Ind.-01), Rudy Yakym (Ind.-02), Jim Banks (Ind.-03), Jim Baird (Ind.-04), Victoria Spartz (Ind.-05), André Carson (Ind.-06), Greg Pence (Ind.-07), and Erin Houchin (Ind.-09) on a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to support Governor Eric Holcomb’s request for a major disaster declaration for Johnson, Morgan, and Sullivan counties due to severe weather on March 31-April 1, 2023. 

“Five Hoosiers lost their lives, while 34 more were injured; over 106,000 power outages occurred; 165 structures were destroyed while 157 more sustained major damage; road systems have become impassable due to downed trees and utility infrastructure; and countless vehicles and private property have been damaged or destroyed. While these Hoosier communities and families will respond with resourcefulness and resilience as they always do to challenges, it is clear that in the immediate aftermath of these storms, federal assistance is necessary and required under the terms of the Stafford Act and associated federal regulations,” the Indiana congressional delegation wrote in the letter.