Homeland Security Secretary — Get Rid of FEMA

On Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told CNN’s Sunday program, State of the Union that she wants to do away with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

“I would say, yes, get rid of FEMA the way it exists today,” Noem said. “We still need the resources and the funds and the finances to go to people that have these types of disasters like Hurricane Helene and the fires in California.”

Before FEMA is changed, Noem noted that President Trump will do a deep evaluation and work with Congress to make sure any changes are done correctly.

In North Carolina in January Trump made a statement about getting rid of FEMA altogether. “I’ll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA, or maybe getting rid of FEMA,” he said.

Noem said at the present time, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team now has access to FEMA data, and that includes personal data from disaster victims. 

“The president has authorized [Musk] to have access,” she said. “We’re working with them at the president’s direction to find what we can do to make our department much more efficient.”

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