Homeland’s Security Secretary Christie Nom has doubled his previous call to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – but also states that it should be “remake” as the agency responds to floods in Texas.
Nom said Fema “In crisis, Americans are slow to achieve resources, and that is why the entire agency needs to be abolished as it exists today and a remake in a responsible agency.”
It is not completely clear whether it is ending and then the agency rebuilds, but the administration has often said that it wants states to play a big role in responding to disasters. Nom That idea also doubled Wednesday, appeared by video at a meeting by FEMA Review Council.
He said, “What President Trump has empowered us to do, is to run these states and local emergency management officers who give the best answers to their communities, and we are a support that comes with us and when they need us, come with them,” he said.
Nom and Trump repeatedly suggested that they want to eliminate FEMA; However, Trump also said that changes will be awaited after the recent storm season.
Whereas NoM originally said in March that she “wanted to do”Remove the phema“She later said that she wants to finish the agency “As it exists today.”
His latest comments come as FEMA is responding to a major flood in Texas that has killed more than 100 people.
