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Kristi Noem Cries 'Fake News' Amid Reports Of FEMA Failures After Texas Floods

A New York Times report found thousands of calls to FEMA went unanswered after the Department of Homeland Security laid off call center workers.

Forbes · 7d

Why Kristi Noem Is Under Fire For Delayed FEMA Response To Texas Floods

Sources have said FEMA wasn’t authorized to launch search and rescue teams until 72 hours after flooding began.

Newsweek on MSN · 6d

Dem Calls for Investigation of Kristi Noem Over Fema's Texas Flood Response

Democratic Representative Jared Moskowitz has called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to be investigated over the Federal Emergency Management Agency's response to catastrophic flooding in Texas.

NOLA.com8d

Trump-appointed council to overhaul FEMA meets in New Orleans. 'Not political theater.'

Trump’s FEMA council, led by Kristi Noem, met amid U.S. floods to discuss major changes, including possibly shifting disaster ...

Opinion

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Former FEMA Head: Cuts to Federal Response Programs Guarantee Future Disasters | Opinion

FEMA was ready to respond to this week's floods in Texas—but was delayed by administrative hurdles and approval processes that took 72 hours to resolve.

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FEMA Is a Disaster. Trump Is Right To Demand Changes. - MSN

But Trump is right about this one. The system of federal disaster relief does need reform. FEMA's failures are well-documented, and they have come at a steep cost to taxpayers.

Washington Times8mon

Investigation of FEMA must focus on restoring agency's original purpose ...

Make no mistake: FEMA’s disaster response failures and the ideology of its leaders are unlikely to be separate matters, and Congress has an obligation to investigate any link between them.

NOLA.com8y

11 years after Katrina, FEMA has learned from its failures

"And so, when you look at 9/11, nobody questioned FEMA's response, from deployment of the Urban Search and Rescue Teams to the recovery. By and large, FEMA did its job.

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