Former FEMA director to Congress: ‘Give it back its independent agency status,’ direct access to president

January 17, 2025

Former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Michael Brown said that Congress should give the disaster relief agency back its “independent agency status,” allowing it direct access to the president which would, in his view, improve its overall operation.

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