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By Justin Harclerode  Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Scott Perry (R-PA) today asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General to conduct an investigation of incidents in which Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees… Read more »

By  Leif Le Mahieu House Republicans on Tuesday called for the inspector general to open up an “immediate” investigation into FEMA over allegations that relief workers skipped the homes of Trump supporters throughout Florida and North Carolina, according to a letter first shared with The Daily Wire.  House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Sam… Read more »

By  Leif Le Mahieu FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell spent over five hours on Tuesday testifying about an agency supervisor’s direction to relief workers to skip homes with Trump signs. But Criswell revealed little about the scandal, instead repeatedly pointing to the agency’s “ongoing investigation.” Lawmakers on two Republican-led committees grilled… Read more »

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 »

 A Republican House lawmaker pressed Biden-Harris Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell over a FEMA supervisor having directed aid workers to ignore homes of hurricane victims who expressed visible support for then-candidate Donald Trump. The supervisor in question, Marn’i Washington, has since been fired from the… Read more »