Oklahoma officials, including Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) and federal lawmakers, are backing a push from President Donald Trump for states to create larger emergency response programs instead of using FEMA resources.

Stitt hosted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the president’s FEMA review council to “advocate for greater flexibility for state and local emergency managers in our disaster response.”

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“Today and this week, you guys are gonna spend a lot of time talking about how to best respond to disasters nationwide,” Stitt said, according to NOTUS . “It’s our experience that FEMA’s

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