Hillary Says FEMA Should Be Set Free
After Katrina: Senator Clinton Calls for Moving Disaster Agency Out of Homeland Security
Kristen Lombardi
Tuesday, August 30th 2005
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Senator Hillary Clinton, fresh from a recent trip to Houston to speak with survivors of Hurricane Katrina, held a conference call with reporters today to discuss legislation that she’s introducing this afternoon. The first bill would restore the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to a Cabinet-level, independent federal agency, as it existed during her husband’s administration. The second bill would create an independent commission to investigate the handling of relief efforts. Here are some outtakes from the senator’s conference call:
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