Kristi Noem

He's been very clear that he still believes there's a role for the federal government to come in and help people get back up on their feet. But there's a lot of fraud and waste and abuse out there. And since President Trump has taken over and come back into this administration. We've seen incredible changes.

He's been very clear that he still believes there's a role for the federal government to come in and help people get back up on their feet. But there's a lot of fraud and waste and abuse out there. And since President Trump has taken over and come back into this administration. We've seen incredible changes.

He's been very clear that he still believes there's a role for the federal government to come in and help people get back up on their feet. But there's a lot of fraud and waste and abuse out there. And since President Trump has taken over and come back into this administration. We've seen incredible changes.

You know, he's talked a lot about doing block grants to states and to local officials. I was a governor. And when I was governor of South Dakota, we saw 12 different natural disasters that hit our state that were FEMA related, that we had FEMA disasters. So I know it from that level.

You know, he's talked a lot about doing block grants to states and to local officials. I was a governor. And when I was governor of South Dakota, we saw 12 different natural disasters that hit our state that were FEMA related, that we had FEMA disasters. So I know it from that level.

You know, he's talked a lot about doing block grants to states and to local officials. I was a governor. And when I was governor of South Dakota, we saw 12 different natural disasters that hit our state that were FEMA related, that we had FEMA disasters. So I know it from that level.

And I knew every single time that I and the local county emergency management directors, the mayors, the city councils and the county commissioners, they made way better decisions than the people in Washington, D.C.

And I knew every single time that I and the local county emergency management directors, the mayors, the city councils and the county commissioners, they made way better decisions than the people in Washington, D.C.

And I knew every single time that I and the local county emergency management directors, the mayors, the city councils and the county commissioners, they made way better decisions than the people in Washington, D.C.

I would say, yes, get rid of FEMA the way it exists today. We still need the resources and the funds and the finances to go to people that have these types of disasters like Hurricane Helene and the fires in California. But you need to let the local officials make the decisions on how that is deployed so it can be deployed much quicker.

I would say, yes, get rid of FEMA the way it exists today. We still need the resources and the funds and the finances to go to people that have these types of disasters like Hurricane Helene and the fires in California. But you need to let the local officials make the decisions on how that is deployed so it can be deployed much quicker.

I would say, yes, get rid of FEMA the way it exists today. We still need the resources and the funds and the finances to go to people that have these types of disasters like Hurricane Helene and the fires in California. But you need to let the local officials make the decisions on how that is deployed so it can be deployed much quicker.

And we don't need this bureaucracy that's picking and choosing winners. You mentioned Congress.

And we don't need this bureaucracy that's picking and choosing winners. You mentioned Congress.

And we don't need this bureaucracy that's picking and choosing winners. You mentioned Congress.

We're working with them at the president's direction to find what we can do to make our department much more efficient.

We're working with them at the president's direction to find what we can do to make our department much more efficient.

We're working with them at the president's direction to find what we can do to make our department much more efficient.

This is essentially an audit of the federal government, which is very powerful and needs to have happen. That agency, and one of the things I've been very clear to the appropriators in the Senate, in the House, is please give me the authority to reprogram funds.

This is essentially an audit of the federal government, which is very powerful and needs to have happen. That agency, and one of the things I've been very clear to the appropriators in the Senate, in the House, is please give me the authority to reprogram funds.