Overview
- CNN reported that President Trump plans to nominate Cameron Hamilton to run FEMA less than a year after firing him.
- The plan remains unconfirmed, as a FEMA spokesperson said the agency has no personnel matters to announce.
- Hamilton clashed with then–DHS chief Kristi Noem and Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski over proposals to scrap FEMA, and he told Congress that eliminating the agency would not serve the public.
- Noem’s overhaul cut about 30% of FEMA’s staff, thinned senior leadership, and helped create a multibillion-dollar disaster-aid backlog that drew pushback from officials in many states.
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has begun rolling back those policies and praising FEMA’s work, and a Hamilton nomination would reinforce that shift and shape efforts to clear the funding backlog.