Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry shares thoughts following FEMA Review Council meeting
The FEMA review council along with Gov. Jeff Landry, who is not a member of the council, says the program has not served its purpose properly in recent decades.
'Here we are, some 20 years later, and yet we're still talking about the flawed system of bureaucracy that FEMA is still enveloped in,' Landry said.
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During the meeting, Chair of the FEMA Review Council Secretary Kristi Noem echoed President Donald Trump's wishes to eliminate the program.
Landry believes that as of now, the program will stay intact following the council's recommendations.
'You know, I've always been let's fix what's broken,' Landry said.
However, he says, if FEMA were to be eliminated, Trump would replace it with a more streamlined program with no federal money lost.
'He recognized that there needs to be efficiencies in a program because every dollar that is either fraudfully taken or ill spent means someone else doesn't get the money that they need. We don't want the greedy taking from the needy,' Landry said.
Landry says he plans to spend more time focused on the National Flood Insurance Program, something that has greatly contributed to the homeowner's insurance crisis in Louisiana and surrounding coastal states.
'We have a coalition that's been built of states that has been trying to get to congress to say listen we need to fix the system,' Landry said.Stormy by day with Super BUCK Moon by night for Thursday
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