DHS Secretary Kristi Noem endorses plan to overhaul FEMA
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that she is in favor of getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in its current form.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that she is in favor of getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in its current form.
“I would say, yes, get rid of FEMA the way it exists today,” Noem said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
“We still need the resources and the funds and the finances to go to people that have these types of disasters like Hurricane Helene and the fires in California,” she added.
Noem said President Donald Trump “can, and I believe that he will do that evaluation with his team,” adding that he’ll “work with Congress” to make sure it’s “done correctly.”
Her remarks come as Trump has explored getting rid of FEMA in the wake of several natural disasters — including Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and devastating California wildfires in the Los Angeles area — that have plagued the U.S. in recent weeks and months.
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