Report Concludes That FEMA Should Be Replaced

By Pam Fessler

Published April 27, 2006 at 5:00 AM CDT

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U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ranking minority member Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-CT) and committee chairman Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) preside over a hearing in Jan. 2006.

Chip Somodevilla

Leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are proposing that FEMA be eliminated.

After investigating the response to Hurricane Katrina, the committee releases a draft report recommending the creation of a new National Preparedness and Response Authority to replace FEMA within the Department of Homeland Security.