The president issued an executive order Friday launching a year-long review of the agency’s recent disaster responses.

If you dissolve it, all 50 states would have to create their own administrative arm, and that would eat up so much of the funding that ultimately needs to go to the people and to the states to rebuild,

Louisiana leaders at the federal, state and local level reacted to President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) be abolished. Last week, just days after he was inaugurated Trump made headlines with his stance on FEMA.