WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who on Friday talked about shutting down the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on Sunday night issued orders for a commission to investigate the disaster response agency that is so familiar to people in hurricane-prone south Louisiana.

President Donald Trump on Friday halted Democratic California Rep. Brad Sherman’s defense of using the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

U.S. Republican Rep. Chuck Edwards will serve on the "Council to Assess the Federal Management Agency," which was established via executive order on Jan. 24.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish the FEMA Review Council, which will be tasked with reviewing several aspects of the agency for drastic improvements.

President Trump recently floated the idea of getting rid of FEMA. It would take an act of Congress to make that happen.

The acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency wrote to staff reassuring them that the agency's continued existence was vital to the country's disaster response efforts, after President Donald Trump said he wanted to overhaul or scrap it.

Rogers County Emergency Management director Scotty Stokes has seen a number of disasters strike the state and has worked closely with FEMA during disaster declarations.

The advisory board is due to hold its first meeting within the next 90 days and report back no later than six months later, according to Reuters

The executive order begins the process of a review of the agency's effectiveness by establishing a 20-member task force

The South Carolina senator admitted that Donald Trump broke the law with his mass firing of inspectors general.

President Donald Trump put the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under review on Sunday after signing an executive order aimed at "drastically" improving the agency’s efficacy, priorities and competence.