Head of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says she’s going to “eliminate” FEMA. N.C. lawmakers say they're working to reform the ...

Reps. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and Byron Donalds, R-Fla., introduced the FEMA Independence Act on Monday, which aims to ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week shifting responsibility for disaster preparations to state and ...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the head of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, and her Democratic counterpart are ...

The top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee joined her Democratic counterpart, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, ...

But House committee members voiced strong support to keep agency in tact, saying a federal role in disaster response is vital, even as they called for changes in approach.

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Two Florida lawmakers want to reform federal emergency management and improve the efficiency of federal emergency response ...