Shortly after the May 16 tornado damaged thousands of homes in the St. Louis area, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley promised to be like a “dog on a bone” to deliver federal relief.

Three weeks after the tornado, President Donald Trump still hasn’t signed Gov. Mike Kehoe’s major disaster declaration for individual assistance. Scores of St. Louis residents are struggling to find stable shelter.

In an interview on Thursday with St. Louis Public Radio, Hawley said he wasn’t sure if the Federal Emergency Management Agency delivered an official recommendation yet on Kehoe’s disaster declaration request. He said that’s one of the steps that’s usually taken so that a president can be informed on whether to accept or reject federal disaster relief.

FEMA didn’t immediately reply to an inquiry from St.

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