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Hurricane Katrina forced changes at FEMA. Trump is rolling them back
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) became a symbol of the government’s failure to prevent damage and save lives after Hurricane Katrina.
(Marko Georgiev | Getty Images)In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, some saw FEMA as irredeemably broken.
But the Trump administration says federal disaster responses have been chronically slow and inadequate, and FEMA must be reformed.
But our obligation is to survivors, not to protecting broken systems.”Here are three key changes FEMA made after Hurricane Katrina – changes that face an uncertain future under the Trump administration.
Congressional aides listen as the House Select Committee on Hurricane Katrina presents its report on Capitol Hill on February 15, 2006.
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