If FEMA didn't exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?
Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and the U.S. has no federal agency prepared to quickly send ...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem backs Trump's idea to 'get rid of FEMA'
Noem echoed Trump's call for the agency to be dismantled and for disaster response to be left to individual states.