(WASHINGTON) —Acting Federal Emergency Management Agency David Richardson resigned on Monday after six months on the job.

Richardson, who was temporarily installed in May after former acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton was fired by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem a day after telling Congress the agency should not be disbanded, putting him at odds with President Donald Trump’s suggestions that FEMA be downsized or dissolved.

Richardson was also in charge of the department’s countering Weapons of Mass Destruction office.

In an exclusive statement to ABC News, Richardson said that he stepped up when others didn’t weeks before the start of hurricane season.

“I agreed to be the acting administrator through hurricane season when others wouldn’t. Hurricane season ends on 1 Decem

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