Head of FEMA Search and Rescue Division blames Trump for slow rescue response to Texas floods

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Head of FEMA Search and Rescue resigns over agency's response to Texas floods: Sources​

Ken Pagurek told colleagues he was frustrated by new hurdles, sources said.

The head of FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue branch, Ken Pagurek, resigned on Monday, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News.

Pagurek told colleagues he was frustrated by the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to dismantle FEMA and by new hurdles that slowed the agency's response to the catastrophic flooding in Central Texas earlier this month, according to sources familiar with the matter.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnew...gns-agencys-response-texas/story?id=123997957
 
Cypress said:

Head of FEMA Search and Rescue resigns over agency's response to Texas floods: Sources​

Ken Pagurek told colleagues he was frustrated by new hurdles, sources said.

The head of FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue branch, Ken Pagurek, resigned on Monday, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News.

Pagurek told colleagues he was frustrated by the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to dismantle FEMA and by new hurdles that slowed the agency's response to the catastrophic flooding in Central Texas earlier this month, according to sources familiar with the matter.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/head-fema-search-rescue-resigns-agencys-response-texas/story?id=123997957
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Try again; more LIES to "get Trump".

FEMA is an inefficient waste of resources and time. Much better to send emergency disaster relief aid directly to the states, under the direction of the governors.

From your article:

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DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told ABC News, "The attempt to spin a personal career decision into some big scandal is RIDICULOUS. It is laughable that a career public employee, who claims to serve the American people, would choose to resign over our refusal to hastily approve a six-figure deployment contract without basic financial oversight."

"We're being responsible with taxpayer dollars, that's our job," McLaughlin said. "FEMA experienced no delays in deployment of assets, and Texas officials have unequivocally and vocally applauded the federal government and FEMA's response. If anyone is upset by the end of unchecked, blank-check spending under President Trump's administration, that says more about them than it does about us."
 
Cypress said:

Head of FEMA Search and Rescue resigns over agency's response to Texas floods: Sources​

Ken Pagurek told colleagues he was frustrated by new hurdles, sources said.

The head of FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue branch, Ken Pagurek, resigned on Monday, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News.

Pagurek told colleagues he was frustrated by the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to dismantle FEMA and by new hurdles that slowed the agency's response to the catastrophic flooding in Central Texas earlier this month, according to sources familiar with the matter.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/head-fema-search-rescue-resigns-agencys-response-texas/story?id=123997957
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WHAT? FEMA now has to be responsible?
 
Grokmaster said:
Try again; more LIES to "get Trump".

FEMA is an inefficient waste of resources and time. Much better to send emergency disaster relief aid directly to the states, under the direction of the governors.

From your article:

"
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told ABC News, "The attempt to spin a personal career decision into some big scandal is RIDICULOUS. It is laughable that a career public employee, who claims to serve the American people, would choose to resign over our refusal to hastily approve a six-figure deployment contract without basic financial oversight."

"We're being responsible with taxpayer dollars, that's our job," McLaughlin said. "FEMA experienced no delays in deployment of assets, and Texas officials have unequivocally and vocally applauded the federal government and FEMA's response. If anyone is upset by the end of unchecked, blank-check spending under President Trump's administration, that says more about them than it does about us."
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Guess that head of FEMA search and rescue is lying, especially since some Trump lackey, who knows what to say to keep his job, says so
 
Grokmaster said:
Try again; more LIES to "get Trump".

FEMA is an inefficient waste of resources and time. Much better to send emergency disaster relief aid directly to the states, under the direction of the governors.

From your article:

"
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told ABC News, "The attempt to spin a personal career decision into some big scandal is RIDICULOUS. It is laughable that a career public employee, who claims to serve the American people, would choose to resign over our refusal to hastily approve a six-figure deployment contract without basic financial oversight."

"We're being responsible with taxpayer dollars, that's our job," McLaughlin said. "FEMA experienced no delays in deployment of assets, and Texas officials have unequivocally and vocally applauded the federal government and FEMA's response. If anyone is upset by the end of unchecked, blank-check spending under President Trump's administration, that says more about them than it does about us."
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Trump is making FEMA ineffective, and has openly said he wants to shut the agency down and let the states fend for themselves.

When I was in the oil and gas industry, I got 12 million dollar drilling prospects approved at the mid-management level.

When Trump demanded FEMA get any 100k acquisition approved at the Cabinet level it's bound to slow down search and rescue operations
 
Grokmaster said:
Try again; more LIES to "get Trump".

FEMA is an inefficient waste of resources and time. Much better to send emergency disaster relief aid directly to the states, under the direction of the governors.

From your article:

"
DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told ABC News, "The attempt to spin a personal career decision into some big scandal is RIDICULOUS. It is laughable that a career public employee, who claims to serve the American people, would choose to resign over our refusal to hastily approve a six-figure deployment contract without basic financial oversight."

"We're being responsible with taxpayer dollars, that's our job," McLaughlin said. "FEMA experienced no delays in deployment of assets, and Texas officials have unequivocally and vocally applauded the federal government and FEMA's response. If anyone is upset by the end of unchecked, blank-check spending under President Trump's administration, that says more about them than it does about us."
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Go MAGA! It's all Biden's fault!

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Cypress said:
Trump is making FEMA ineffective, and has openly said he wants to shut the agency down and let the states fend for themselves.

When I was in the oil and gas industry, I got 12 million dollar drilling prospects approved at the mid-management level.

When Trump demanded FEMA get any 100k acquisition approved at the Cabinet level it's bound to slow down search and rescue operations
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And that is what he is doing and states have not had time to budget any money to help their people when a disaster happens ( if they ever do )
And so far the states in the south have been lucky we haven't had a hurricane yet. heck they haven't gotten a lot of help with the floods and tornado and when there is a big disaster an a lot of people get hurt the states won't be able to handle it because they don't have money set aside .
IMO it won't be long before we find out how well the states handle it.
 
Cypress said:

Head of FEMA Search and Rescue Division blames Trump for slow rescue response to Texas floods​

Head of FEMA Search and Rescue resigns over agency's response to Texas floods: Sources​

Ken Pagurek told colleagues he was frustrated by new hurdles, sources said.
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The Democrats should be blasting this through bull horns.
 
Grokmaster said:
FEMA is an inefficient waste of resources and time. Much better to send emergency disaster relief aid directly to the states, under the direction of the governors.
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Picture you need to train a rescue team that only is used once every ten years. That is less efficient than training a rescue team that is used every year. The lower the level of government, the less efficient for some tasks.
 
Cypress said:

Head of FEMA Search and Rescue resigns over agency's response to Texas floods: Sources​

Ken Pagurek told colleagues he was frustrated by new hurdles, sources said.

The head of FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue branch, Ken Pagurek, resigned on Monday, multiple sources confirmed to ABC News.

Pagurek told colleagues he was frustrated by the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to dismantle FEMA and by new hurdles that slowed the agency's response to the catastrophic flooding in Central Texas earlier this month, according to sources familiar with the matter.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/US/head-fema-search-rescue-resigns-agencys-response-texas/story?id=123997957
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I distinctly remember that George W. Bush was rayciss because he caused Katrina.
 
Tbird19482 said:
And that is what he is doing and states have not had time to budget any money to help their people when a disaster happens ( if they ever do )
And so far the states in the south have been lucky we haven't had a hurricane yet. heck they haven't gotten a lot of help with the floods and tornado and when there is a big disaster an a lot of people get hurt the states won't be able to handle it because they don't have money set aside .
IMO it won't be long before we find out how well the states handle it.
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They'll have to either raise taxes or cut services to cover what FEMA and other fed agencies provided. Neither will be popular with the people.

Looks like elections have consequences, eh?
 
Walt said:
Picture you need to train a rescue team that only is used once every ten years. That is less efficient than training a rescue team that is used every year. The lower the level of government, the less efficient for some tasks.
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Disasters don't care about state boundaries. It is better to have a central response available so that *all* involved get the help needed. This piecemeal state by state nonsense is inefficient, haphazard, and will result in some receiving help and others going without.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Disasters don't care about state boundaries. It is better to have a central response available so that *all* involved get the help needed. This piecemeal state by state nonsense is inefficient, haphazard, and will result in some receiving help and others going without.
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Actually thats not true. In every disaster, its always churches and local people who do the best work. The Feds are always a day late and a dollar short.
 
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