He said it should be reformed and the next day he was fired. Let it show that the secretary believes that we should shut FEMA down until 2025. The administration. I never said that. The administration intentionally halted roughly 22,000 active infrastructure and disaster mitigation projects across the country. including one in Downtown New Haven, Connecticut. A coalition of 22 states in D.C. sued FEMA. A federal judge ruled in favor of the states in December, mandated that FEMA restore the over $3.6 billion in canceled funding at the beginning of March. (08:11–08:29)
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