The so-called rescissions package seeks to claw back $9.4 billion lawmakers had authorized the executive branch to spend, and it would require only GOP votes to pass.

The package would cancel $9.4 billion in funding that Congress previously appropriated for NPR, PBS and USAID.

Acting FEMA Director David Richardson told staff in an all-hands meeting that he was unaware hurricane season had started, according to sources familiar.

Trump administration officials say Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson was joking when he said that he was not aware of the upcoming hurricane season. NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell reports on how White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded to questions over the remarks.

The White House said on Tuesday (June 3) that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is taking severe storms seriously, following a Reuters report that the head of the agency, David Richardson, said he was not aware of hurricane season.