Trump administration's Texas flood disaster response 'fundamentally different' from Biden's approach: Noem
Internal Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Saturday that the federal response to the deadly floods in the country of Texas Hill last week was a good indicator of the advanced disaster response of the Trump administration.
In July, destructive floods claimed that at least 119 lives and more than 150 people were missing. Among those killed were Hunt and 27 girls participating in Camp Mystic along the Guadalupe River in Texas.
“What you see from our answer in Texas, how will the president be [Donald] What does trump predict [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] (Fema) It would look like the future, NO NOEM said at a press conference on Saturday.
“In Texas, in return, we did something very different from Joe Biden.”
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In 2023 Maui fires, more than 100 people were killed and the historical cahaina was dropped as rubble. The survivors were left without food, water and shelter.
At that time, the fema manager called the President of Michael Brown Joe Biden’s Answer to fatal fires “a sharpness failure”.
At the end of 2024, the Hurricane Helene, North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina’yı after hitting slow response and inadequate aid was widely reported.
“I will also signed a executive order to start the reform process. Overhaul the FEMA Or maybe he’s getting rid of Fema, Tr Trump said in January while visiting North Carolina. ” I think, frankly, fema is not good. “
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NOEM, during the last disaster, Federal aid was a flood kick in Texas, he said.
“Coast Guard, we have deployed our helicopters, [aircraft] And fast water recovery teams are far from customs and border protection, “he said. Ours [Border Patrol Tactical Unit] (BORTAC) The teams that I want to call the Ninjas of the Ministry of Internal Security were particularly trained for cases where unprecedented. “
After the floods, Noem said he immediately met with Texas gov. Greg Abbott And he spoke to him about the signing of a great disaster statement.
He said the request was approved by the White House within one or two hours.
“We have distributed the dollar to Texas in advance, so they can make the best decisions that respond to their people.” He said. “Fema had never done this before-the previously deployed dollar to a state can use it so that they can use it to save their people, so they can use it to go out and save lives.”
Noem said the President wanted states to strengthen in emergencies.
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“Emergency situations are being carried out locally,” he said. “The state is ruled, and then the federal government comes and supports you. [No one] He never wanted to lean back and wait for one of the federal government to leave your home and save you because he has never served people under the rule of Biden in the past.
In accordance with the President Trump, Noem said that Federal officials were there to help local and state officials to manage the answer.
He added Fema’s belief that “it will stop existing as it is today.”
“We are fundamentally reforming this agency.” He said. “President Trump, in his privilege, may want to rename something as he likes to do. He may find a new name that reflects the basic change for this agency. However, this agency will no longer be a bureaucratic agency that people have to wait for 20 years for their demands.
He continued: “Immediately that situation and that local Emergency Management Director ‘What do you need? How can we support you?’ And then they train them to have a skill set, because they are always faster.
It is unclear what the name of the new agency could be.
When asked about reports that the calls made to Fema, one of the inhabitants of Texas, were not answered, Noem said he did not think it was true, threw the bull.
“I’m going to get rid of any contract that doesn’t respond to people, because they know they have the authority to do so,” he said.
FEMA did not respond immediately to Fox News Digital’s request.
