Some of Congress’ fiercest critics of the Federal Emergency Management Agency are calling for a watchdog investigation into reports that some agency workers did not canvass some Trump-supporting households in the aftermath of recent hurricanes.
Leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee sent a letter Tuesday to the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general requesting an immediate inquiry into “instances of political targeting by FEMA during its disaster recovery efforts.”
“It is imperative that you work to investigate these allegations and uncover how FEMA employees were permitted to implement such a discriminatory policy,” the letter states.
The request from Chair Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chair Scott Perry (R-Pa.) comes weeks after FEMA fired a worker who said she had directed her team to skip some homes with signage supporting President-elect Donald Trump while canvassing Florida communities following Hurricane Milton.
