It needs to be redeployed in a new way, and that’s what we did during this response.

He isn’t looking to eliminate the agency but simply wants to see it 'remade.'

It’s discouraging that during this time, when we have such a loss of life and so many people’s lives have turned upside down, that people are playing politics with this because the response time was immediate.

I think the president recognizes that FEMA should not exist the way that it always has been.

I don’t care what she thinks.

I'm so proud of them because for the very first time, we acted in a way that disaster response should, you know.

I'm also very proud of the fact that I have the super advisory authority over the U.S. Coast Guard.

Any issues that were there [at the detention center] have been addressed.

We should be there to support. We shouldn't be making the decisions.

These contracts were in place, and those people were in those call centers, and they were picking up the phone and answering these calls from these individuals.

Every one of them was answering calls, so false reporting, fake news, and it’s discouraging.

No employees were off of work.

It’s not just FEMA that can respond in these situations because the federal government has all kinds of assets, and we deployed them.

It needs to be redeployed, in a new way, and that’s what we did during this response.

The president recognises that FEMA should not exist in the way that it always has been.

This response was by far the best response we’ve seen out of FEMA, the best response we’ve seen out of the federal government in many, many years and certainly much better than what we saw under Joe Biden.

The false reporting has been something that is inappropriate and it’s something that I think we need to clear up.

The way statute lays out is that every emergency that happens in this country should be locally executed.