The administration supported search and rescue operations in Kerr County, Texas, after at least 120 people died and dozens went missing in deadly floods.

President Donald Trump’s administration has systematically reduced states’ access to resources to safeguard their people against natural disasters.

Camp Mystic successfully appealed to remove several structures from a FEMA flood zone, despite being located in a high-risk flood area in Texas Hill Country.

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain.

The federal response to the flash flooding disaster in Texas has come under scrutiny. President Trump, who has called for cuts to FEMA, praised the agency during his recent visit to Texas, but did not comment on his plans for its future.

Weeks before flash floods devastated the Texas Hill Country, Gov. Greg Abbott participated in the first meeting of a new council to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He criticized FEMA as “slow and clunky,” arguing that states are able to respond “more nimbly, more swiftly, more effectively” to disasters.

FEMA was statutorily required to issue funding notices for its security grant programs, which allocated $1.5 billion in 2024, by May 14, said Kim in the letter sent to Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem on Wednesday. Kim serves on the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and is ranking member on its disaster subcommittee.