Hurricane season bears down as bipartisan lawmakers push to detach FEMA from 'partisan' DHS
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Reps. Jared Moskowitz and Garret Graves have teamed up to push Congress on a bipartisan bill to elevate FEMA to a Cabinet-level position.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
"The predictions are not good," Moskowitz said of the coming storm season. "But now is the time for people to prepare in the community. Now's the time to take advantage." Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
FEMA sits under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where it was relegated when the department was created after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
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