Two Democratic senators want the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General to launch an investigation into Secretary Kristi Noem’s cost-control measures — and how the policy may have affected FEMA’s response to devastating flooding in Texas that left more than 120 people dead.
The letter from Sens. Ruben Gallego of Arizona and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, first obtained by POLITICO and sent on Monday, references a sweeping rule Noem has implemented at DHS — which oversees FEMA — requiring every contract and grant over $100,000 to have her approval before the funds can be released. In the aftermath of the Texas flooding this…
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