From EEnews: Trump isn’t the first president who tried to change FEMA. The others failed. A presidential panel plans to vote Thursday on overhauling the disaster agency. Previous attempts attracted widespread opposition.

“A panel advising President Donald Trump on how to reduce the government’s role in responding to natural disasters is likely to recommend changes this week that have been attempted in the past — but failed.

A 13-member expert panel plans to vote Thursday on a final report that could upend 50 years of federal policy by forcing states to pay billions of dollars a year for rebuilding efforts after major storms, wildfires and floods. Trump created the panel after assailing the Federal Emergency Management Agency as slow and feckless while campaigning for president in the wake of Hurricane Helene last year.

Yet for at least a decade, FEMA itself has proposed — and tested — policies to address the problems that Trump has highlighted.”