Hamilton previously served in that role from January to May of last year, before being removed shortly after he testified to Congress that FEMA should not be dismantled—something that Trump and then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem had proposed.
The remarks followed testimony the previous day from Noem, in which she stated that “President Trump has been very clear since the beginning that he believes that FEMA and its response in many, many circumstances has failed the American people, and that FEMA, as it exists today, should be eliminated in empowering states to respond to disasters with federal government support.”
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“Stating that @fema is operating more efficiently, and cutting red tape is either: uninformed about managing disasters; misled by public officials; or lying to the American the public to prop up talking points,” Hamilton wrote on social media in August. “FEMA is saving money which is good due to the astronomical U.S. Debt from Congress. Despite this, FEMA staff are responding to entirely new forms of bureaucracy now that is lengthening wait times for claim recipients, and delaying the deployment of time sensitive resources.”
Hamilton would be FEMA’s first permanent administrator since Trump returned to the White House, if he is confirmed by the Senate.
He previously worked at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Division, where he oversaw the operations of thousands of EMTs, first responders, and medical programs working out of the department, after serving on crisis response teams at the Bureau of Counterterrorism within the State Department, according to a biography shared by Congress in connection with his testimony last year.
While he defended FEMA before Congress last year when asked about whether he supported abolishing it, Hamilton had criticized the agency prior to being tapped to serve as its acting administrator. And while he was in that role, FEMA made several moves that raised concern from current or former agency staffers at the time, including moving to eliminate a popular grant program intended to help communities protect against natural disasters, stopping door-to-door canvassing to speak with survivors after disasters, and initiating a review of disaster relief programs that provide aid to migrants.
However, the agency is now moving to rehire disaster response staffers who were previously fired as it works to “stabilize our workforce and strengthen readiness,” in the words of a FEMA spokesperson.
On Thursday, a Trump-appointed FEMA task force released a set of proposals in which it defined goals for the agency moving forward.
“It is time to close the chapter on FEMA,” the task force wrote. “‘FEMA’ as a brand and as an agency was irreparably damaged by the previous Administration's proclivity to mission creep and endemic program failures. A transformed agency should be established that retains the core missions of FEMA, while highlighting the renewed emphasis on locally executed, state or tribally managed, and federally supported emergency management.”
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