FLORIDA — Gov. Ron DeSantis heads back to the Panhandle Wednesday, his second visit to monitor hurricane recovery efforts since he took office last week.

His trip comes as there are new concerns the White House could use hurricane-relief funding to help pay for a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.

With no end in sight to the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump has ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to look into diverting hurricane-disaster funding to build a wall at the southern border, should he declare a national emergency.

It is a move that has Republican leaders in Florida concerned, which includes DeSantis, a longtime supporter of Trump.

DeSantis will be joined by FEMA Administrator Brock Long for a tour of recovery efforts Wednesday in Panama City, Tyndall Air Force Base and Port St. Joe.

DeSantis says he is hoping to announce some new measures to help those still struggling three months after the storm hit.

Earlier this week, the governor told reporters he supports a border wall, but there are other items in the federal budget that should be cut instead of funding for relief efforts in Florida.

"I don't think you should rob Peter to pay Paul on that to pay for disaster funds," said the Republican governor. "I was in Mexico last week, I'm going to be back Wednesday into the Panhandle, that money is very time sensitive, I mean they need it now, and we need to get moving on this."

Another big supporter of the president's, Florida's newest U.S. Sen. Rick Scott spoke to the president last week, asking him not to divert hurricane relief funding for the border wall, according to CNN.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida's other Republican senator, supports the wall, but tweeted he would not allow disaster relief funding be diverted.