FEMA nominee promises Senate panel to improve the agency’s disaster response

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s pick to head FEMA promised senators Wednesday that he would hold the disaster relief agency to a much higher standard than it displayed in the wake of the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes.

FEMA nominee promises Senate panel to improve disaster response at the agency

WASHINGTON — The president’s nominee to lead the nation’s disaster response agency said he will hold the agency to a much higher standard than how it demonstrated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

FEMA and immigration nominees to testify at Senate confirmation hearings

WASHINGTON — The president’s nominees to lead the nation’s disaster response and immigration enforcement agencies are headed to Capitol Hill for confirmation hearings in the Senate.