Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said during a Cabinet meeting Monday that she plans to nix the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Noem announced that she was “going to eliminate FEMA” but did not immediately provide details about the future of the disaster response agency, according to a report from the Daily Beast.
The outlet noted that both she and President Donald Trump have suggested that states could exercise more control over disaster relief, rather than having a federal entity manage the responses.
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FEMA is currently an agency under the Department of Homeland Security.
Noem said last month during an interview with CNN that she wants to “get rid of FEMA the way it exists today.”
“I believe that he will do that evaluation with his
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