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FEMA employees warn Congress that the Trump administration is undermining disaster response efforts, reversing progress made since Hurricane Katrina. They cite staffing cuts, budget reductions, and interference from the Homeland Security Secretary.

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Simplified Title: FEMA Employees Warn of Trump's Disaster Response Cuts
AI Excerpt: FEMA employees warn Congress that the Trump administration is undermining disaster response efforts, reversing progress made since Hurricane Katrina. They cite staffing cuts, budget reductions, and interference from the Homeland Security Secretary.
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Parsed Content: FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response By Maxine Joselow Aug. 25, 2025 Employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote to Congress on Monday warning that the Trump administration had reversed much of the progress made in disaster response and recovery since Hurricane Katrina pummeled the Gulf Coast two decades ago. The letter to Congress, titled the “Katrina Declaration,” rebuked President Trump’s plan to drastically scale down FEMA and shift more responsibility for disaster response — and more costs — to the states. It came days before the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest and costliest storms to ever strike the United States. “Our shared commitment to our country, our oaths of office, and our mission of helping people before, during, and after disasters compel us to warn Congress and the American people of the cascading effects of decisions made by the current administration,” the FEMA employees wrote in the letter. They...

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After Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed a law to strengthen the nation’s disaster response.
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Simplified: Congress passed a law to strengthen disaster response after Hurricane Katrina
FEMA employees say the Trump administration has reversed that progress.
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Simplified: Trump administration reversed disaster response progress according to FEMA employees
Employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote to Congress on Monday warning that the Trump administration had reversed much of the progress made in disaster response and recovery since Hu...
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Simplified: FEMA employees warned Congress Trump administration reversed disaster response progress since Hurricane Katrina
The letter to Congress, titled the “Katrina Declaration,” rebuked President Trump’s plan to drastically scale down FEMA and shift more responsibility for disaster response — and more costs — to the st...
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Simplified: Katrina Declaration letter rebuked Trump's plan to scale down FEMA shift disaster response costs to states
It came days before the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest and costliest storms to ever strike the United States.
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Simplified: Hurricane Katrina's 20th anniversary is days away Katrina was one of deadliest costliest US storms
Daniel Llargués, the acting FEMA press secretary, said in an email that the Trump administration “is committed to ensuring FEMA delivers for the American people” and is working to reduce “red tape, in...
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Simplified: Daniel Llargués said Trump administration is committed to ensuring FEMA delivers for American people reducing red tape
Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi caused an estimated 1,833 deaths and $161 billion in property damage and shook the country’s confidence in the government’s ability to handle...
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Simplified: Hurricane Katrina caused 1833 deaths $161 billion in damage shook confidence in government disaster handling
President George W. Bush faced intense criticism for the slow federal response to Katrina’s devastation in New Orleans, leading to the resignation of his FEMA administrator, Michael D. Brown, and the...
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Simplified: George W Bush faced criticism for slow Katrina response Michael D Brown resigned Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act passed
That landmark law required that FEMA administrators have a “demonstrated ability in and knowledge of emergency management.”
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Simplified: Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act requires FEMA administrators have emergency management knowledge
It also prohibited the homeland security secretary from interfering with FEMA’s “authorities, responsibilities or functions,” among other things.
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Simplified: Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act prohibits homeland security secretary interfering with FEMA
But the Trump administration has ignored both requirements of the law, the FEMA employees wrote in the letter.
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Simplified: Trump administration ignored Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act requirements according to FEMA employees
Mr. Trump installed first one and then another acting FEMA administrator who lack experience in emergency management.
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Simplified: Trump installed acting FEMA administrators lacking emergency management experience
The current acting head, David Richardson, told employees in June that he did not know the United States had a hurricane season — a comment that unnerved FEMA employees who heard it.
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Simplified: David Richardson said he did not know US had hurricane season unnerving FEMA employees
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, has become directly involved in FEMA operations.
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Simplified: Kristi Noem became directly involved in FEMA operations
She has imposed new spending rules that have delayed hundreds of FEMA contracts and that hampered FEMA’s response to the catastrophic floods that swept through Central Texas in July.
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Simplified: Kristi Noem imposed new spending rules delaying FEMA contracts hampering flood response in Texas
At the same time, the administration has eliminated billions of dollars in FEMA grants intended to help communities better withstand disasters.
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Simplified: Trump administration eliminated billions in FEMA grants for disaster preparedness
The administration is also now requiring disaster survivors to provide email addresses when applying for FEMA aid, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times — a change that could prevent p...
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Simplified: Trump administration requires disaster survivors provide email addresses for FEMA aid potentially preventing assistance for those with limited interne...
In June, Mr. Trump said he wanted to eliminate FEMA after the end of hurricane season and move emergency management efforts “back to the state level.”
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Simplified: Trump wanted to eliminate FEMA after hurricane season move emergency management to state level
Still, about 2,000 employees have left FEMA since Mr. Trump took office, accounting for about one-third of the agency’s permanent work force.
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Simplified: 2000 FEMA employees left since Trump took office one third of agency's workforce
Of the 182 FEMA employees who signed the letter, 36 attached their names, while the rest withheld their identities for fear of retaliation.
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Simplified: Of 182 FEMA employees signing letter 36 attached names rest withheld identities fearing retaliation
That was the fate of 144 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency after they signed a similar letter criticizing the administration.
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Simplified: 144 EPA employees were put on administrative leave after signing similar letter criticizing administration
This year’s Atlantic hurricane season has been relatively quiet, with Hurricane Erin avoiding landfall in the United States last week.
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Simplified: This year's Atlantic hurricane season has been relatively quiet Hurricane Erin avoided US landfall last week
But forecasters say hurricane season could ramp up before it ends on Nov. 30, with storms supercharged by warmer ocean waters fueled by human-caused climate change.
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Simplified: Forecasters say hurricane season could ramp up before Nov 30 storms supercharged by climate change