Trump's firing of FEMA director unsettles GOP senators
Source: The Hill
Trump’s firing of FEMA director unsettles GOP senators
by Alexander Bolton - 05/16/25 6:00 AM ET
Senate Republicans are unsettled by the Trump administration’s decision to fire Cameron Hamilton, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), for speaking out against Trump’s plan to shutter the agency.
Hamilton testified to lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee earlier this month that closing FEMA would not be in the best interest of the American people. The next day he was escorted out of FEMA’s headquarters after losing his job.
The swift retaliation against an administration official over testimony before a congressional panel is jarring to Republican lawmakers, who worry that it could chill the willingness of officials to answer questions candidly at future hearings.
And the move signals that the president is serious about eliminating FEMA, something that many Republican senators strongly oppose.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5302942-senate-republicans-criticize-fema-firing/
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They keep fostering his bad behavior, so he just keeps getting worse! 
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