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Kristi Noem: What you saw happen in Texas was much more how FEMA will look in the future. It won’t look like the response to…

On the recordJuly 18, 2025
What you saw happen in Texas was much more how FEMA will look in the future. It won’t look like the response to [Hurricane] Katrina, or the response to even [Hurricane] Helene, and what happened in North Carolina, where people waited weeks and weeks and months and months for help.
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Kristi Noem
Republican · South Dakota
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newrepublic.com
Jul 18, 2025

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Noem discusses the future of FEMA's disaster response during a press conference.

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