Texas Flooding Highlights Challenges in Replacing FEMA
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Texas officials are supporting President Trump's proposal to eliminate or significantly reform FEMA, arguing that the agency is slow and ineffective, while some experts emphasize FEMA's crucial role in disaster response amid increasing climate-related disasters. The administration is considering reducing FEMA's funding and scope, with proposals to streamline disaster aid and increase state responsibility, though Congress may need to act to fully eliminate the agency.
- Texas is relying on FEMA. State leaders said it should be cut NPR
- After Texas Flooding, Questions About FEMA’s Role and Fate Under Trump The New York Times
- Texas flash floods hit residents and campers in a deluge "nobody saw" coming. Here's what to know. CBS News
- Leavitt: Discussions about FEMA's fate ‘will continue’ Politico
- Texas flooding, and politics around it, underscore the challenges Trump faces in replacing FEMA AP News
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