From the Hill: Key Republican lays out ideas for FEMA reform

“Rep. Dale Strong (R-Ala.) outlined several possible ideas for overhauling the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during a House hearing on Tuesday.

Strong, the chair of the emergency management subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee, put forward ideas including moving FEMA out of the Department of Homeland Security and “making it an independent agency with direct access to the President of the United States.”