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By Peter Cordi The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is holding a hearing at 10 a.m. to grill FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on the “failure of leadership” that resulted in supporters of President-elect Donald Trump being discriminated against during Hurricane Helene disaster relief. All 35 Republicans on the committee, led by Chairman Sam Graves… Read more »

By Justin Harclerode  Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves This hearing comes at a critical time. We are being told a supplemental appropriations bill is needed after Congress recently appropriated $20 billion to the Disaster Relief Fund. There have been ongoing concerns about how long FEMA takes to provide aid and rebuild after a disaster. Further,… Read more »

Anders Hagstrom FEMA Director Deanne Criswell vowed to request an inspector general investigation into orders that FEMA employees avoid homes of Trump supporters during relief efforts for Hurricane Milton. Criswell made the commitment during her testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday. Criswell has insisted that orders to avoid… Read more »

By Zack Budryk Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell said Tuesday she would call for an Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigation into an employee directing personnel to bypass houses with Trump campaign signs during the federal response to Hurricane Helene. Testifying before the House Transportation… Read more »

By  Leif Le Mahieu Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Scott Perry told The Daily Wire he was not satisfied with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell’s answers during a Tuesday hearing on an agency employee’s instruction to relief workers to skip homes with Trump flags or signs. Perry, the chair of the subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management,… Read more »

By Justin Harclerode  Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Republicans today demanded answers from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell about her agency’s troubling responses to recent disasters and crises, including the amount… Read more »

By Brian Freeman Rep. Scott Perry threw his full support behind President-elect Donald Trump's choice of former Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general, telling Newsmax on Monday that "every time I think about the things that happened over the course of the last four years [at the Department of Justice], I think about how much more we need Matt Gaetz than ever right… Read more »

By Peter Cordi  An oversight letter sent Thursday by Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman, and Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) demands the Federal Emergency Management Agency provide a detailed briefing on the agency’s response to Trump supporters being skipped during canvassing. The committee, which has legislative… Read more »

By  Leif Le Mahieu House lawmakers overseeing FEMA ripped into Administrator Deanne Criswell on Thursday, demanding answers after one of her employees instructed relief workers to skip the homes of Trump supporters in Florida.  In a letter from 35 Republicans on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee shared with The Daily Wire, the lawmakers… Read more »

By Peter Cordi Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit against two Federal Emergency Management Agency officials for alleged discriminatory practices, which resulted in at least 20 homes displaying pro-Trump signs being skipped during hurricane disaster relief canvassing. Former FEMA Supervisor Marn’i Washington, one of the defendants in the… Read more »