As Noem Proposes Cutting FEMA, Disaster Response Will Fall to Local, State Authorities

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March 27, 2025, 3:30 PM

• •Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem privately voiced support Tuesday for abolishing or dramatically shrinking FEMA
• •FEMA’s multibillion-dollar programs that help communities prepare for disasters and rebuild over the long-term would be curtailed or moved elsewhere
• •Lawmakers were skeptical that FEMA and all of its functions would be eliminated

Trump's Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem plans to abolish or shrink the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which spends tens of billions of dollars a year to help people and states recover from disasters. State officials were urged Wednesday to prepare for the possible abolition of FEMA following a report by POLITICO's E&E News that senior Trump officials were taking steps to dissolve or shrink the agency.

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