{"id":577971,"date":"2021-06-30T18:36:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T22:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=577971"},"modified":"2021-06-30T18:36:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T22:36:09","slug":"fema-requests-increase-to-its-budget-for-fy22-by-1-9b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fema-requests-increase-to-its-budget-for-fy22-by-1-9b\/","title":{"rendered":"FEMA requests increase to its budget for FY22 by $1.9B"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Ffema-requests-increase-to-its-budget-for-fy22-by-1-9b%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=577971&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--><div id=\"attachment_2442022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2442022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deanne Criswell, nominee for administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on March 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. (DREW ANGERER\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:34 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, June 30, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>As wildfire season approaches at an alarming rate, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is seeking to boost its fiscal year budget to deal with upcoming threats.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting with the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell told lawmakers the Biden administration wants a boost of $1.9 billion in its budget for 2022. Criswell noted that FEMA doesn\u2019t deal with just seasonal disasters that occur once in awhile, but rather year-round.<\/p>\n<p>Criswell also highlighted FEMA\u2019s mission, which is helping people before, during and after disasters in the face of unpredictable and ever-evolving threats and hazards that states are currently facing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hurricane season is upon us so there is no better time to prepare than now. Don&#8217;t miss our latest video where <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LouisianaGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LouisianaGov<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FEMA_Deanne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FEMA_Deanne<\/a> talk about simple steps you can take to ready yourself, your family and your community.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 Find more hurricane safety tips on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Readygov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Readygov<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZDnEchuHc1\">pic.twitter.com\/ZDnEchuHc1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FEMA (@fema) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fema\/status\/1410310168018042882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe threats that we\u2019re facing continue to change. Our normal cycle of disaster response isn\u2019t just in the summer anymore, it\u2019s really year round.\u201d said Criswell. \u201cBut we\u2019re now taking a big look at what is it going to be for us in the future and how do we want to start to posture ourselves for this more year-round response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, the agency is also working on an assessment to determine if a new \u201creadiness cycle\u201d demands a different rotation of personnel throughout the year. \u201cThis rotation of readiness to make sure that our staff have the time to take for themselves and reset is a critical part of how we make sure that they are prepared and that we have a workforce that is ready to respond when needed,\u201d commented Criswell.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to say if the budget is enacted, it will allow FEMA to meet the challenges that lay ahead.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/olympian-gwen-berry-takes-heat-for-anthem-protest\/\">Olympian Gwen Berry Takes Heat For Anthem Protest<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deanne Criswell, nominee for administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-577971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577971","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}