Today, the House Transportation Committee convenes to scrutinize the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) approach to ...

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The head of FEMA offered no guarantees about the agency’s survival during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. He also ...

Rhetoric from Trump administration officials appears to be shifting more toward reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), rather than axing it entirely. While the shift has been ...

Agreeing that reform of federal disaster programs is overdue, Speranza’s testimony highlighted FEMA programs that must be sustained through the process. FEMA must maintain its role in driving change ...

A push from both chambers of Congress would instead seek to install FEMA as a Cabinet-level agency, effectively moving the agencyh directly under Trump.

Calls to reform FEMA — as it responds to more frequent climate-driven disasters — aren’t new. Previous laws and proposals have tried to encourage states to be more independent and to carry ...

Recent fixes to long-standing problems at the Federal Emergency Management Agency are in jeopardy as the Trump administration slashes programs and cuts staff, emergency experts warn. FEMA has been ...

“FEMA’s incompetently run.” We don’t disagree that FEMA could use reform, but Trump’s rhetoric, once again, has only made it harder to separate the real problems from his political whims.

Trump administration rhetoric on FEMA moves toward reform rather than termination by: Rachel Frazin, The Hill. Posted: Jul 11, 2025 / 05:13 PM EDT. Updated: Jul 12, 2025 / 03:36 PM EDT.