President Donald Trump singled out Oklahoma as a state that would benefit from an overhaul of the Federal Emergency Management Agency — and some state leaders say they want change, too, but stopped short of calling to dissolve the agency.
The state was pummeled by a record-breaking 152 tornadoes last year and relied on the agency to front millions of dollars in federal grants, loans and payments after some of the storms. Meanwhile, Trump said he was considering “maybe getting rid of FEMA” and issued an executive order that tasks a new council to conduct “a full-scale review” of the agency.
Oklahoma Republican state Sen. Bill Coleman’s district was hit by a tornado that killed one person in May, and he said he got to the site when FEMA was setting up.