Tag: FEMA

California gov: Trump doesn’t fear God or ‘existential consequences’

The following article by Julia Manchester was posted on the Hill website December 9, 2017:

California Governor Jerry Brown. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) says President Trump‘s stance on climate change demonstrates that he does not appear to fear the “wrath of God” or have any regard for the “existential consequences” of his environmental policies.

“I don’t think President Trump has a fear of the Lord, the fear of the wrath of God, which leads one to more humility … this is such a reckless disregard for the truth and for the existential consequences that can be unleashed,” Brown said in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes,” which is set to air on Sunday.

Brown, who studied to become a Jesuit priest prior to entering politics, has been a vocal critic of the Trump administration. Continue reading “California gov: Trump doesn’t fear God or ‘existential consequences’”

Trump would slash disaster funding to the very agencies he’s praising for Harvey response

The following article by Lisa Rein was posted on the Washington Post website August 29, 2017:

FEMA Administrator William B. “Brock” Long, center, speaks during a Hurricane Harvey update in Corpus Christi, Tex. (Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

As he toured rising floodwater in Texas on Tuesday, President Trump effusively praised his administration’s Hurricane Harvey response, an effort he began touting on Twitter last weekend even before the storm made landfall.

But not too long ago, the president proposed a budget calling for cuts to some of the federal government’s most consequential efforts to prepare states and local communities and help them recover from catastrophic events such as Harvey. Continue reading “Trump would slash disaster funding to the very agencies he’s praising for Harvey response”

To fund border wall, Trump administration weighs cuts to Coast Guard, airport security

The following article by Dan Lamonthe, Ashley Halsey III and Lisa Rein was posted on the Washington Post website March 7, 2017:

The Trump administration, searching for money to build the president’s planned multibillion-dollar border wall and crack down on illegal immigration, is weighing significant cuts to the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration and other agencies focused on national security threats, according to a draft plan.

The proposal, drawn up by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), also would slash the budget of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which provides disaster relief after hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters. The Coast Guard’s $9.1 billion budget in 2017 would be cut 14 percent to about $7.8 billion, while the TSA and FEMA budgets would be reduced about 11 percent each to $4.5 billion and $3.6 billion, respectively. Continue reading “To fund border wall, Trump administration weighs cuts to Coast Guard, airport security”