FEMA Nominee Pledges to Be ‘Fair and Reasonable’ in Assessing Disaster Relief Requests

Hamilton would serve as chief adviser to Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on matters related to emergency management.
FEMA Nominee Pledges to Be ‘Fair and Reasonable’ in Assessing Disaster Relief Requests
Cameron Hamilton testifies during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing to examine his nomination to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on Capitol Hill in Washington June 17, 2026. AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib
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President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has pledged to be unbiased when assessing disaster relief requests.

“My focus will be to ensure that FEMA is objective, is fair and reasonable, follows the law, and is consistent” in how it reviews disaster declaration requests, Cameron Hamilton said at a nomination hearing on June 17.

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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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