Jared Moskowitz

And I'm happy to say that President Trump is right that there should be FEMA reform. Why is he right? FEMA has been taken off its core purpose. When it was put into Homeland after 9-11, which was the right decision, Joe Lieberman was right about trying to get agencies to talk to each other. But 20 years of that, Homeland has become this giant, bloated bureaucracy.

And I'm happy to say that President Trump is right that there should be FEMA reform. Why is he right? FEMA has been taken off its core purpose. When it was put into Homeland after 9-11, which was the right decision, Joe Lieberman was right about trying to get agencies to talk to each other. But 20 years of that, Homeland has become this giant, bloated bureaucracy.

And I'm happy to say that President Trump is right that there should be FEMA reform. Why is he right? FEMA has been taken off its core purpose. When it was put into Homeland after 9-11, which was the right decision, Joe Lieberman was right about trying to get agencies to talk to each other. But 20 years of that, Homeland has become this giant, bloated bureaucracy.

And it's become something that really is so focused on immigration, nothing else can get in the oxygen. You should look at both Secret Service, which failed last year, and FEMA, which didn't have its greatest year. Where are both of those agencies? They're in Homeland.

And it's become something that really is so focused on immigration, nothing else can get in the oxygen. You should look at both Secret Service, which failed last year, and FEMA, which didn't have its greatest year. Where are both of those agencies? They're in Homeland.

And it's become something that really is so focused on immigration, nothing else can get in the oxygen. You should look at both Secret Service, which failed last year, and FEMA, which didn't have its greatest year. Where are both of those agencies? They're in Homeland.

So what I've been saying is if you want to reform FEMA, you've got to take it out of Homeland, bring it back, give it back to the White House, which is where it was. It was a secretary position before 9-11. That automatically would shrink the department. Why? Because they're doing all of the grant writing for all 22 other agencies within Homeland. They shouldn't be doing that.

So what I've been saying is if you want to reform FEMA, you've got to take it out of Homeland, bring it back, give it back to the White House, which is where it was. It was a secretary position before 9-11. That automatically would shrink the department. Why? Because they're doing all of the grant writing for all 22 other agencies within Homeland. They shouldn't be doing that.

So what I've been saying is if you want to reform FEMA, you've got to take it out of Homeland, bring it back, give it back to the White House, which is where it was. It was a secretary position before 9-11. That automatically would shrink the department. Why? Because they're doing all of the grant writing for all 22 other agencies within Homeland. They shouldn't be doing that.

When people were like, why is FEMA sending out these immigration grants? Why? Because Homeland directed them to do that. But I want to get FEMA out of immigration. I want to get FEMA out of homeland. And I want to get them back to their core mission. Their core mission isn't grant writing. Their core mission is response and recovery. That's the first thing.

When people were like, why is FEMA sending out these immigration grants? Why? Because Homeland directed them to do that. But I want to get FEMA out of immigration. I want to get FEMA out of homeland. And I want to get them back to their core mission. Their core mission isn't grant writing. Their core mission is response and recovery. That's the first thing.

When people were like, why is FEMA sending out these immigration grants? Why? Because Homeland directed them to do that. But I want to get FEMA out of immigration. I want to get FEMA out of homeland. And I want to get them back to their core mission. Their core mission isn't grant writing. Their core mission is response and recovery. That's the first thing.

The second thing we could do is we could block grant some more of this money down to the states. Florida has run block grants before. So has many other states. So states can run block grants rather than all the grant writing being done in D.C. Again, I need FEMA to respond on coordinating those federal assets. FEMA doesn't have a lot of assets. They coordinate other agencies, DOD assets.

The second thing we could do is we could block grant some more of this money down to the states. Florida has run block grants before. So has many other states. So states can run block grants rather than all the grant writing being done in D.C. Again, I need FEMA to respond on coordinating those federal assets. FEMA doesn't have a lot of assets. They coordinate other agencies, DOD assets.

The second thing we could do is we could block grant some more of this money down to the states. Florida has run block grants before. So has many other states. So states can run block grants rather than all the grant writing being done in D.C. Again, I need FEMA to respond on coordinating those federal assets. FEMA doesn't have a lot of assets. They coordinate other agencies, DOD assets.

They bring those in to help with response. And response is where you save lives, right? That's the most important piece. And that's what you get judged on. But the money is very important. In Hurricane Michael, all red areas, all Republican, rural, not well off, Without those FEMA dollars, those towns don't get rebuilt. They don't come back. They're gone.

They bring those in to help with response. And response is where you save lives, right? That's the most important piece. And that's what you get judged on. But the money is very important. In Hurricane Michael, all red areas, all Republican, rural, not well off, Without those FEMA dollars, those towns don't get rebuilt. They don't come back. They're gone.

They bring those in to help with response. And response is where you save lives, right? That's the most important piece. And that's what you get judged on. But the money is very important. In Hurricane Michael, all red areas, all Republican, rural, not well off, Without those FEMA dollars, those towns don't get rebuilt. They don't come back. They're gone.

So, you know, Byron, obviously someone from Florida, his district was hit by Hurricane Ian. Right. He knows how important it is. He's running for governor. And so, you know, I've made this case to him and I was happy that he signed on. We also have a bipartisan bicameral bill in the Senate. You got Tom Tillis and Senator Padilla. Right? So you got North Carolina and California.

So, you know, Byron, obviously someone from Florida, his district was hit by Hurricane Ian. Right. He knows how important it is. He's running for governor. And so, you know, I've made this case to him and I was happy that he signed on. We also have a bipartisan bicameral bill in the Senate. You got Tom Tillis and Senator Padilla. Right? So you got North Carolina and California.