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Lawmakers question FEMA policy shifts: end to unaccompanied canvassing and push to shift responsibilities to states
Summary
Ranking Member Underwood and other representatives questioned Acting Administrator Hamilton about a memo ending unaccompanied FEMA door‑to‑door canvassing and an executive order that they said would shift more responsibility to states.
Representative Underwood and other members told Acting Administrator Hamilton they were alarmed by an internal FEMA memo that said the agency would discontinue unaccompanied FEMA door‑to‑door canvassing and by executive‑level directives to shift more responsibility to states.
Underwood said the canvassing change "will disproportionately hurt disabled Americans, seniors, rural residents, and caregivers" and described…
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