A bipty pair Legislers in Florida Works together to set up the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a separate agency at the level of cabinet in an attempt to “reduce the hassle, to improve the efficiency of the government and save lives”.
Reps. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., And Byron Donalds, R-FLA., On Monday, the FEMA Independence Act, which or has detached the office of the “bureaucratic labyrinth” department of the Department Homeland Security (DHS) and bring it back to his core mission to offer emergency aid.
“While the first director of emergency management has ever chosen the congress, I have seen the challenges of preparation for, responding and recovering disaster events. As these emergency situations continue to grow, the American people deserve a federal reaction that is efficient and fast,” Moskowitz said in a statement with Fox News Digital. “To achieve that, FEMA must be reformed.”
The bill would also require a director to be appointed to lead the agency after confirmation by the Senate.
The representatives of Florida. Byron Donalds, left, and Jared Moskowitz introduce legislation to separate Fema from DHS. (Getty Images)
The director should be “a demonstrated ability in and knowledge of emergency management and domestic safety” and not to have less than five years of experience with managers and management in public and private sectors, according to the Bill Text.
Moskowitz emphasized how FEMA is under the “umbrella” of DHS with about 20 other agencies and said, “The set -up just doesn’t work.”
“By removing FEMA from the Department of Homeland Security and restoring its status as an independent desk at the level of government, my dual account will help to reduce bureaucracy, improve the efficiency of the government and save lives,” said Moskowitz. “It will also help to re -focus FEMA on its original mission: if an agency is responsible for responding before, during and after disaster events.”
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Donalds, in a statement that was shared with Fox, said: “Fema is exaggerated bureaucratic, exaggerated, exaggerated inefficient and substantial change to serve the American people best.”
“When a disaster strikes, fast and effective action must be the standard – not the exception,” wrote the Republican Congressman. “It is necessary that FEMA is removed from DHS’s bureaucratic labyrinth and instead indicates to report directly to the president of the United States.”
The bill comes two months after President Donald Trump Launched an assessment council As part of an initiative to ‘fundamentally reform and revise’ the agency.
“Despite the fact that he has had almost $ 30 billion in disaster help in the last three years, FEMA has succeeded in leaving vulnerable Americans without the means or support they need when they need it most,” is the Order of Trump. “There are serious worries about political bias in FEMA. Indeed, at least one former FEMA response has stated that FEMA managers have dedicated her to avoid houses that support the Donald J. Trump campaign for President.”
President Donald Trump (Getty images/file)
FEMA’s use of resources has also been examined in recent weeks after the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), led by billionaire Elon Musk, the desk revealedUnder former President Joe Biden, $ 59 million has assigned New York City to pay “luxury hotels” for illegal immigrants.
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Moskowitz said that FEMA should be reworked instead of abolished.
Fox News’ Greg Wehner has contributed to this report.
