The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed cutting nearly $1 billion in grant funding for communities and first responders nationwide to better prepare for disasters and to bolster security for possible terror or cyberattacks.

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A proposed federal budget would eliminate funding for over half of FEMA’s emergency and homeland security grant programs, for training, equipment, and readiness efforts

Republicans and Democrats in Congress questions the FEMA chief about the agency's response following flooding in Hill Country that left more than 130 people dead.

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency offered no guarantees about the agency’s survival during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson didn’t directly respond when asked if FEMA would continue to exist in the future.

During a House Transportation Committee hearing on Wednesday, Rep. David Rouzer (R-NC) asked Acting FEMA Director David Richardson about the agency's grants.

FEMA's acting director, David Richardson, testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday morning

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency would report directly to the U.S. president instead of the Homeland Security secretary, under a bipartisan bill announced in the House of Representatives on Thursday.