The rhetoric of the Trump administration officials is transferring more towards the ax -hitting ax rather than improving the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
While the shift has become more pronounced as the administration faces questions about the disaster agency in the deadly flood light in Texas, the major figures about the fame talk before the July 4 tragedy.
Some officials have turned their hands on a test, emphasizing that they want to tear the agency, while its reconstruction is also a fuzzy picture for the future of the federal disaster policy.
In January, President TrumpGet rid of agency,
He said, “I am signing an executive order to start fundamentally and start the process of overhalling, or perhaps getting rid of FEMA,” he said at that time.
executive OrderEstablished a council to establish a report with a report with information with information, including “analysis of major arguments in public debate for FEMA reform” and “FEMA reforms as a support agency.
However, in March, Homeland Security Secretary Christie Nom, whose department includes agency,Said “We are going to finish FEMA,”Without expansion.
In June, NoM had moved somewhat to some extent, saying that Trump wants “see”FEMA is finished as today“At that time, Trump said Fema” will give less money. “
While NOEM has repeated “finish” in recent times, he and other officials have also emphasized the reconstruction of FEMA, showing that they do not plan to completely eliminate it.
“This entire agency needs to be abolished because it exists today and a remake in a responsible agency,”He said this week,
Meanwhile, Russell Watt, director of the White House budget, told reporters on Friday while addressing the flood of Texas, “We also want FEMA to improve.”
“We want FEMA to work well … The President is asking the difficult questions of all his agencies,” he said.
Trisia McLaglin, a spokesman of the Homeland Security Department, told The Hill on Friday that the fame was changing.
“It’s not a secret that Under Secretary NoM and acting administrator [David] Richardson, FEMA, as is today, will not exist anymore, ”he said.
He said, “The federal emergency management will transfer bloated, DC-centered dead weight to a lean, deployable disaster force that empowers the actors of the state to provide relief to their citizens. The old processes are being replaced as they have been thwarting Americans in real emergency situations for decades,” they said. “Under the leadership of Under Secretary NoM, the FEMA Review Council is developing a comprehensive plan for necessary changes.”
White House spokesman Abigail Jackson told the newsnation that the review council would “recommend the President to recommend how FEMA can be improved in ways that serve the national interest, in which the US reacts and heals with disasters such as federal role is complemented and suitable for disaster.”
While the administration is rare on the details, he has said that the picture of an agency is with a low role, in which more responsibility is being placed on the states.
“Disasters and disasters are always executed locally, the state manages them, and then comes to the federal government and supports it,” NoM said during a boltage incident on Friday. “What are we doing here … are empowering the state and local authorities to take the best decisions for our people.”
Trump administration has also beenMitinianIn some states.
Even though the administration wanted to get rid of FEMA, agencyHas been authorized by CongressAnd with any attempt to completely kill the ax, this legal challenges will be faced.
Trump said in Texas on Friday, “FEMA deployed several emergency response units and FEMA is actually some very good people.” “When we met on January 20, they decided it in no time.”
Brett Samuels and Libbi Dean of News should contribute.
