#Latest news with #continuityofgovernmentWall Street Journal16-05-2025PoliticsWall Street JournalNixing FEMA Is No DisasterEric Edelman and Franklin Miller are correct that FEMA does more than hurricane response and that continuity of government is an important need that must be maintained ('FEMA Prepares for Disasters Worse Than Hurricanes,' op-ed, May 14). But most of what FEMA does is in the form of response to local disasters that constitutionally and historically were long handled at the state level. If Congress were to reform FEMA and give its disaster-response functions and funding back to the states, the continuation-of-government functions that Messrs. Edelman and Miller mention could be moved elsewhere—most likely to the Defense Department. Tevi Troy
Wall Street Journal16-05-2025PoliticsWall Street JournalNixing FEMA Is No DisasterEric Edelman and Franklin Miller are correct that FEMA does more than hurricane response and that continuity of government is an important need that must be maintained ('FEMA Prepares for Disasters Worse Than Hurricanes,' op-ed, May 14). But most of what FEMA does is in the form of response to local disasters that constitutionally and historically were long handled at the state level. If Congress were to reform FEMA and give its disaster-response functions and funding back to the states, the continuation-of-government functions that Messrs. Edelman and Miller mention could be moved elsewhere—most likely to the Defense Department. Tevi Troy
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