Texas, Trump and FEMA
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Trump, Disaster Mitigation
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Twenty Democratic-led states have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency for scrapping a crucial grant program that supported disaster mitigation. The lawsuit argues the Trump administration illegally ended the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities programme,
Cuts made to the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Trump administration severely impaired its ability to respond to the devastating floods in central Texas.
The administration supported search and rescue operations in Kerr County, Texas, after at least 120 people died and dozens went missing in deadly floods.
A reporter from CBS News Texas asked the president Friday if more lives could've been saved if emergency alerts were issued earlier.
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The Department of Homeland Security secretary defended the federal government's response and denied that policy changes slowed the agency's deployment.