Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has backed Trump's suggestion to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that she is in favor of getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in its current form. “I would say, yes, get rid of FEMA the way it exists today,” Noem said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday she'd encourage President Trump to shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency "as it exists today." The big picture: The president has said he's considered "getting rid of" FEMA entirely,