Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that the Trump administration is trying to remake the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rather than dismantle it.
“I think [President Donald Trump] recognizes that FEMA should not exist the way that it always has been. It needs to be redeployed in a new way, and that’s what we did during this response,” Noem told NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” responding to questions about the federal response to deadly flooding in central Texas.
“It’s not just FEMA that can respond in these situations. The federal government has all kinds of assets, and we deployed them,” Noem said, pointing to the Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helping with disaster response. Both groups routinely respond to disasters....
