Report Concludes That FEMA Should Be Replaced
Senate Committee Report
Read the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's draft recommendations on fixing the nation's disaster response system.
U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ranking minority member Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and committee chairman Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) preside over a hearing in Jan. 2006.
U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ranking minority member Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and committee chairman Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) preside over a hearing in Jan. 2006.
Leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are proposing that FEMA be eliminated.
After investigating the response to Hurricane Katrina, the committee releases a draft report recommending the creation of a new National Preparedness and Response Authority to replace FEMA within the Department of Homeland Security.
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