Noem: No Formalized Plan for Restructuring FEMA

There is no “formalized final plan” for restructuring the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday during a House hearing about her department’s budget request, reports the New York Times.

Noem in recent weeks has promised to limit FEMA and President Donald Trump last week fired the agency’s acting administrator, Cameron Hamilton, after he told lawmakers he did not think it was in the public’s interest to eliminate the agency.

Trump also appointed several new members to the FEMA Review Council, a bipartisan body responsible for overhauling and streamlining the nation’s emergency management and disaster response systems.

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