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After Central Texas floods, Austin urges FEMA to restore grant for stalled levee project
Austin officials are calling on FEMA to reinstate $50 million in flood resilience funding pulled by the Trump administration ...
Exclusive: ‘A more vulnerable nation’: FEMA memos lay out risks of plan to cut $1B in disaster and security grants
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion in grant funding for communities and first ...
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House Democrat Grills Trump’s FEMA Boss About Deadly Texas Flood: Do the Victims ‘Deserve an Apology?’
"You seem uninterested in learning what went wrong and how to respond better. Do the victims and survivors in Texas deserve ...
FEMA chief ‘can’t see anything that we did wrong’ in Texas flood response
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s acting leader has adamantly defended the federal government’s response to historic ...
Greg Stanton Presses Acting FEMA Director David Richardson About Texas Floods Response
During a House Transportation Committee hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) asked Acting FEMA Director David ...
FEMA chief rejects criticism, calls Texas floods response 'a model' for dealing with disaster
The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to ...
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Future of FEMA uncertain as lawmakers question agency leadership
FEMA's acting director, David Richardson, testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday ...
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FEMA proposes $1B in grant cuts impacting fire, EMS and disaster preparedness programs
A proposed federal budget would eliminate funding for over half of FEMA’s emergency and homeland security grant programs, for ...
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FEMA Director Defends Texas Flood Response as ‘Model’ for Disasters
David Richardson, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), on Wednesday defended his agency’s ...
Amid criticism, acting FEMA chief touts Texas flood response as model for nation
U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday pressed David Richardson, acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, about his ...
FEMA leader won't say if agency will exist in the future
The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency offered no guarantees about the agency’s survival during a hearing on ...
David Rouzer Stunned By Acting FEMA Director David Richardson's Response To His Question On Grants
During a House Transportation Committee hearing on Wednesday, Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC) asked Acting FEMA Director David Richardson about the agency's grants.