You want states to do more, yet you want to cut the EMPG program, which grants them funding to build capacity. Your office was involved in discussions of moving FEMA to Texas. You created a rule of anything over $100,000 has to come to your desk. A rule that has slowed down FEMA reimbursement. FEMA response. We have empty regional offices. You have done the opposite of what President Trump wanted to accomplish, which was to speed up the process. (02:30–02:35)
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Asserts that a rule was created requiring expenditures over $100,000 to be approved by the Secretary.
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