Acting FEMA Administrator Cam Hamilton has been fired by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, a day after he testified in defense of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
In a Senate appropriations hearing this morning, Noem reiterated her stance that FEMA should be eliminated.
"President Trump has been very clear since the beginning that he believes that FEMA and its response in many, many circumstances has failed the American people, and that FEMA, as it exists today, should be eliminated in empowering states to respond to disasters with federal government support."
David Richardson, the acting DHS Assistant Secretary, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, has been named the new acting FEMA Administrator.