WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
In a letter sent this week, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, alongside U.S. Senator Andy Kim (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee's Subcommittee, which oversees FEMA, urged Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin to pursue meaningful Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reform, including improving the agency's disaster response and recovery timeline.
Senators Welch and Kim also encouraged Secretary Mullin to support the nomination of an experienced FEMA Administrator, ensure FEMA is adequately staffed, and cooperate with congressional oversight a...