{"id":2432113,"date":"2025-05-07T18:25:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T22:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-current-fema-leader-says-agency-should-not-be-eliminated\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T18:26:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T22:26:40","slug":"trumps-current-fema-leader-says-agency-should-not-be-eliminated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-current-fema-leader-says-agency-should-not-be-eliminated\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s current FEMA leader says agency should not be eliminated"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-current-fema-leader-says-agency-should-not-be-eliminated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2432113&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Cameron Hamilton, teh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/see-it-first-photos-of-mars-from-nasas-perseverance-rover\/\" title=\"SEE IT: First Photos Of Mars From NASA\u2019s Perseverance Rover\">acting administrator<\/a> of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), opposed the suggestion of dismantling the agency, a stance that contradicts President Donald trump&#8217;s plans to reform or eliminate it. During a House hearing,Hamilton emphasized the importance of FEMA,citing that it cannot be replaced by state efforts.He argued that eliminating the agency would lead to significant suffering for Americans during disasters. Instead,he proposed enhancing FEMA\u2019s operations and local involvement in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/most-states-didnt-report-covid-lost-wage-fraud\/\" title=\"Most ... Didn\u2019t Report COVID Lost Wage Fraud\">disaster responses<\/a> to improve efficiency,addressing concerns about bureaucratic delays in recovery processes. Hamilton&#8217;s testimony revealed a tension between his views and the management&#8217;s position on FEMA.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s current FEMA leader says agency should not be eliminated<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2115950\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Cameron Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told House lawmakers he does not believe the agency should be abolished.<\/p>\n<p>This marked a break from President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>, who has called for the agency&rsquo;s dismantling.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3403845\/energy-department-loan-office-nuclear-chris-wright\/\">Energy Department loan office to prop up nuclear industry: Chris Wright<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3403604\/gop-advances-energy-portion-trump-tax-bill-public-land-sales\/\">GOP advances energy portion of Trump tax bill, adding last-minute public land sales<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3402621\/democratic-attorneys-general-wind-projects-sue-white-house\/\">&#8203;&#8203;Democratic states sue White House over halting wind energy projects: &#8216;Reckless&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Hamilton testified before the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/appropriations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Appropriations<\/a> Subcommittee on Homeland Security on Wednesday afternoon. During the hearing, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) asked him whether the Trump administration planned to eliminate FEMA and whether he believed it ought to be dismantled.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton responded that FEMA was necessary and could not be replaced by state efforts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the senior adviser to the president on disasters and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-signed-40-executive-orders-and-actions-since-taking-office\/\" title=\"Biden has signed 40 executive orders and actions since taking office\">emergency management<\/a> and to the secretary of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/miles-anonymous-taylor-accidentally-exposes-the-fraudulence-of-the-mainstream-media\/\" title=\"Miles &#039;Anonymous&#039; Taylor Accidentally Exposes the Fraudulence of the Mainstream Media\">homeland security<\/a>, I do not believe it is in the best interest of the American people to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency,&rdquo; Hamilton said. &ldquo;Having said that, I am not in a position to make decisions and impact outcomes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The comments broke with Trump and his cohort&rsquo;s staunch opposition to FEMA. Trump told reporters during a Jan. 24 trip to see damage in North Carolina from Hurricane Helene that he would soon &ldquo;begin the process of reforming FEMA or getting rid of FEMA.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we&rsquo;re going to recommend that FEMA go away,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to see the states take care of disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL) brought up previous comments from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When it comes to FEMA, Secretary Noem said that she wants to eliminate it, and President Trump said that it could, &lsquo;Go away,&#8217;&rdquo; Underwood said. &ldquo;Let me be clear, eliminating FEMA would cause catastrophic and needless suffering to the American public.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton previewed changes he would make to the agency, including having local and state governments lead disaster response efforts, using innovative methods to reach survivors, and enhancing FEMA&rsquo;s internal operational readiness.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Red tape, bureaucratic inertia, and top-down micro management have turned this disaster recovery into slow, costly, and frustrating processes,&rdquo; Hamilton said. &ldquo;It was for this very reason I was hired to refocus this organization in order to better serve the American people under President Trump&rsquo;s mandate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/national-security\/3383261\/millions-do-not-have-a-real-id-heres-what-to-know-before-the-may-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MILLIONS DO NOT HAVE A REAL ID. HERE&rsquo;S WHAT TO KNOW AS THE LAW TAKES EFFECT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FEMA became a national problem for Trump during his campaign and in the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election. Trump administration officials in January said that during the Biden administration, FEMA officials directed employees not to approach or help Florida homes with Trump campaign signs on their property.<\/p>\n<p>A federal investigation revealed &ldquo;no evidence&rdquo; of wrongdoing following Hurricanes Helene and Milton. However, former FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell terminated one employee after confirming that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >worker instructed employees<\/a> to ignore homes with Trump signs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2115950\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2115950\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FEMA&#8217;s acting head, Cameron Hamilton, opposes agency elimination<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2432114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fema-agency-disaster.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18818,5045,50402,3634],"class_list":["post-2432113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-fema","tag-government","tag-leadership-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fema-agency-disaster.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2432113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2432117,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432113\/revisions\/2432117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2432114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2432113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2432113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2432113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}