Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders have introduced legislation in the U.S. House that could provide the most robust legislative reform of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA ...

Senator Welch says his bill is focused on empowering local communities specifically on when aid is available, who makes ...

Representative Daniel Webster (R-FL) has introduced a bipartisan bill to reform and reorganize the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), enhancing its abi ...

Sen. Peter Welch introduced legislation Thursday to reform federal disaster management with an eye toward more local control. The Vermont Democrat expressed support for the Federal Emergency ...

Congressman Daniel Webster has joined with fellow legislators to introduce the Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act of 2025.

Proposed FEMA reform would speed up disaster funding, provide technical assistance to small towns, and protect pre-disaster ...

When storms washed out a vital bridge in East Burke last July, town officials didn’t wait for federal aid. Instead, they ...

The Disaster Recovery Reform Act allocates 15% of disaster payouts, about 6% of FEMA’s budget, to state resilience efforts, while FEMA wastes 38% of its budget on overhead.

Trump Can’t End FEMA But It Needs Reform, ... which are dictated by the Stafford Act of 1988. Calls to reform FEMA — as it responds to more frequent climate-driven disasters — aren’t new.

The draft legislation co-sponsored by Graves would eliminate or streamline some FEMA programs. For example, the agency’s programs around housing would be reoriented with new provisions on direct ...

KILLINGTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency needs reform, not abolishment, said U.S. Sen. Peter Welch on Wednesday as he spoke with locals. Welch, a Democrat, said he plans to introduce a ...