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We can’t keep adding more parts to FEMA and expect the agency to be able to accomplish its mission,
I’m speechless to see all the houses burnt, and I can’t believe that Azul the bus — that’s what we named it — survived,
the van’s owner, Megan Krystle Weinraub, told CNN’s Erin Burnett We need to take him at his word, and I think state emergency management directors should be concerned about what this means for spring tornado season”
We’re not going to change the weather patterns,
With that many disaster declarations … it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before,
I don’t believe they truly understand what our role is,
Criswell said of Trump and Republicans calling for such overhauls After Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the agency has been redlining ever since, and has been stuck in this response phase,
Think about how much time and money would be spent standing up FEMA as an independent agency,
said Craig Fugate, who served under Obama We’re seeing hurricane season last longer, we’re seeing spring severe weather season get more significant and we’re seeing the fire season go year-round now,
said Criswell, who served in President Joe Biden’s administration It’s become a dumping ground for complex problems,
said Brock Long, FEMA’s administrator during Trump’s first term It really should be an agency void of politics,
We’ve come to North Carolina with a simple message,
Trump said while in North Carolina We’re going to need your support. We’re going to need your help,
As per AP ... Newsom told Trump You are not forgotten any longer. You were treated very badly by the previous administration.”
FEMA has really let us down. Let the country down. And I don't know if that's Biden's fault or whose fault it is, but we're going to take over."
During his visit Friday, Trump said What we're needing right now is a fair evaluation from our insurance company in a timely manner to pay out,
We just live day by day, one day at a time, trying to clean up, trying to see what our next steps are, if we're going to be able to rebuild, if we're not going to be able to rebuild. Waiting on, you know, insurance or whatever it may be. So it's been a struggle. It really has,
I think, frankly, FEMA is not good."
Trump told reporters, saying FEMA has turned out to be a disaster,
he said during a tour of a neighbourhood destroyed by Helene where trees were downed and homes had boarded-up windows I appreciate President Trump's concern about Western NC, but eliminating FEMA would be a disaster for our state,
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