Oppose any effort to weaken FEMA's mission or shift federal disaster responsibilities onto states and local communities.

Bennie G. Thompson · Mississippi · Democratic

policy impact 0.78 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 96%

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Occurrences

I will oppose any effort to weaken FEMA’s mission or shift Federal disaster responsibilities onto communities that too often do not have the resources to respond and recover on their own.

Thompson commits to opposing proposals that would weaken FEMA or move disaster-response duties away from the federal government and onto states and local communities.

Ranking Member Thompson Statement on FEMA Review Council Report
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Evidence

Introduced by Rep. Bennie G. Thompson on February 3, 2026. The resolution states that FEMA's mission is to help people before, during, and after disasters, condemns current and proposed FEMA workforce reductions, denounces cuts that would weaken preparedness and response, and commits to supporting a stable, adequately resourced FEMA workforce.

Thompson took direct, concrete action opposing cuts that would weaken FEMA and shift disaster burdens away from a fully staffed federal role, but the measure was only introduced and referred.

partial later_term A for effort

H.Res.1035 - Condemning Federal workforce reductions that undermine preparedness, response, and recovery, and expressing concern regarding proposed future staffing cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Rep. Bennie G. Thompson introduced H.R.4579 to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to mitigate cybersecurity risks by FEMA. The bill was referred to committee and remained at the introduced stage in the available record.

This is another concrete pro-FEMA action by Thompson, but it does not show enactment or completed policy change.

unresolved later_term A for effort

H.R.4579 - FEMA Cybersecurity Improvement Act
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Assessments

never later_term A for effort

Thompson made direct federal legislative efforts consistent with the promise, including sponsoring H.Res.1035 opposing FEMA workforce reductions and related cuts, and H.R.4579 to strengthen FEMA cybersecurity capacity. However, the available record shows these measures remained at the introduced/referred stage and did not enact or otherwise complete the promised outcome of preventing efforts to weaken FEMA or shift disaster responsibilities to states and localities. Because there was a serious attempt but no delivered policy result, this is not fulfilled, with an effort badge.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%