From CNN:Trump administration plans for sharp FEMA cuts fuel worries for some Republicans, state officials

“The Trump administration’s future blueprint for FEMA has been tightly held and Republicans pressing for specifics have gotten very few details back. Through backchanneling with the administration, some Republican lawmakers say their understanding is that states would get block grants approved by the president directly. Proponents say this plan cuts out bureaucracy and that states know what’s best for their communities.But cutting the agency entirely could overburden many states who would have to mobilize recovery resources and personnel on their own. The head of the National Emergency Management Association, which represents state emergency management agencies, has been trying without success to get a seat at the table with DOGE to make her case.?

“There’s certainly room for improvements in FEMA,” president of the National Emergency Management Association, Lynn Budd, told CNN. “The states right now are not prepared to take on all of the tasks that FEMA does for us.”