Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said this week that the Trump administration is considering providing resources for less time after a disaster. |
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Noem's comments came Thursday during a meeting of the Trump administration's FEMA review council.
"One of the things I'd like to charge your counsel with is: how long should a disaster be left open? How quickly should we deploy resources, and then how long can cases continue to be filed?” she told the council.
“That is one of the things that makes it difficult to deploy immediately...when the termination date for a disaster goes on 15 to 20 years after the event has already occurred,” she said.
“The president believes that we should be in a disaster response portfolio and footprint, but the long-term mitigation should not be something that the federal government is continuing to be involved in to the extent that it has been in the past,” Noem continued.
Her comments come as the administration has said it wants FEMA to disperse less money and give states more responsibility over disasters. |
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