A group of people affected by disasters across the country is calling on Congress to restore federal emergency management as an independent agency, rather than an arm of Homeland Security.

By Arcelia Martin

Heather Talley’s life savings are tied up in a Swannanoa, North Carolina, home she can’t live in after Hurricane Helene. Bill Gould wants to rebuild his home after it was burned down in the wildfires that destroyed Altadena, California, but can’t get soil contamination testing approved.

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