After three full years (January 20, 2009, to January 19, 2012), it is clear that the Obama Administration has adopted the views of the Clinton and Bush Administrations on how to use the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a political pork-barrel spending agency. In 2011, the Obama Administration shattered—an… Read more
As Americans watch with horror, the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan continues to climb into the thousands. Recent experience has taught the U.S. the crippling effects of disasters—from earthquakes to hurricanes, floods, fires, and oil spills. It is vital that U.S. disaster preparedness undergo constant… Read more
Abstract: The United States is known around the world for sending help—from in-person medical assistance to financial donations—when disasters strike in other countries. When disasters have recently struck the U.S.—9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Gulf oil spill—other countries have been equally quick to offer… Read more
Abstract: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has been responding to almost any natural disaster around the country, be it a contained three-county flood, or a catastrophe of near-epic proportions like Hurricane Katrina. As a result, many states and localities have trimmed… Read more
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) looks at whether government can rein in its spending binge in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. … Read more
Sen. John McCain explains the need for spending cuts in the face of liberal critiques. … Read more
Heritage’s Jim Carafano appeared on CBS’s “Early Show” to discuss the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA)...… Read more
On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, credit for New Orleans’s ongoing recovery continues to go to the...… Read more
Hurricane Katrina destroyed more than just buildings. Left with scarce resources and personnel, local government in New...… Read more
Over the last four weeks, The Heritage Foundation sent multiple teams of respected energy, environment, homeland...… Read more
Last week, CNN's Anderson Cooper reported that the federal government was blocking media access to coastal areas...… Read more
Remember 9/11. Remember Katrina. Remember Haiti. Often, after a disaster of epic proportions, we are urged to remember...… Read more
Despite the best efforts of America's most expensive disaster in history, Hurricane Katrina didn't bankrupt FEMA....… Read more
Late for a party? Miss a meeting? Forget to pay your rent? Blame climate change; everyone else is doing it. From an...… Read more
Add together NASA since its inception, the cost of Hurricane Katrina and spending on the New Deal. Adjust for...… Read more
ST. PAUL -- The mood here in Minneapolis-St. Paul is quite somber on what is going to be a radically scaled down first...… Read more