Discussions about altering FEMA in various capacities have also created conservative contrarians willing to cut against the GOP’s traditional narrative that less government is inherently better.

Speaking at a meeting of a government review council looking at ways to reform FEMA, Noem noted that the agency had provided ...

The Trump administration does not have immediate plans to abolish FEMA, though discussions on its future are underway.

FEMA set for elimination, Noem says, amid bipartisan House reform proposal The disaster response and recovery agency has been repeatedly criticized by President Donald Trump. Sean Michael Newhouse ...

FEMA needs to be 'saved' and 'reformed,' says Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz. Reps. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., and Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., discuss why they're teaming up to make FEMA independent.

Now, they have an opportunity to directly shape at least one of the reform efforts. Members of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative, an association of more than 100 mayors along the river ...

Last month, President Donald Trump suggested weaning off FEMA. Last month, President Donald Trump suggested weaning off FEMA. News. ... Leavitt: Discussions about FEMA's fate ‘will continue ...

Florida Reps. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and Byron Donalds, R-Fla., introduce legislation to decouple FEMA from the Department of Homeland Security.

The Disaster Recovery Reform Act allocates 15% of disaster payouts, about 6% of FEMA’s budget, to state resilience efforts, while FEMA wastes 38% of its budget on overhead.

Homeland Security officials are discussing using FEMA funds, intended to provide housing and other aid to migrants, for immigration enforcement, according to multiple sources familiar with the ...

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Cam Hamilton, senior official performing the duties of the administrator at FEMA, was let go just one day after he testified before Congress about the size and scope of the federal agency.