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The WallBuilders Show

Streamlining Governance and Workforce in America

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

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4.92K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Is it time to bring emergency management back to the states? Kristi Noem and Donald Trump think so. Kristi Noem, former governor and current head of the Department of Homeland Security, takes the lead in a compelling statement on restructuring FEMA to enhance efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and constitutional fidelity. We'll unpack the recent proposition to shift emergency response responsibilities to the states, citing past events in Arkansas and recent federal mishaps as evidence that state...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the intersection of faith and culture. It's The Wall Builder Show, taking on

0:10.4

the hot topics of the day from a biblical, historical, and constitutional perspective. And today,

0:14.2

they're all going to be good topics, or at least topics that end in good stories. Because it's

0:17.5

good news Friday, we're going to get to as much as we can. So very quick intro let's go for it david what's the first piece of good news well i want to start with

0:25.5

one of the cabinet level departments and head over that department head over the department

0:30.6

of homeland security is christie knoll of the the former governor of dakota and so she's got that

0:35.9

department now and under, we talked yesterday

0:38.2

about the fact that in the executive branch are 400 different separate agencies. And so when you look

0:45.0

at cabinet level, which is, I think, 17 different people are in the cabinet. That means each of

0:50.4

those cabinet level folks has got 20 or 30 agencies under them.

0:57.1

And so one of the agencies under Christy Knaulm is FEMA.

1:01.2

And so FEMA exists to help when there's emergencies and et cetera.

1:08.4

And it's interesting that here you've got Christy Knaulm, who's over FEMA, and her recommendation to Trump is that we need to get rid of the federal emergency management

1:13.3

agency the way it exists today. And she talked about the way it exists today and what it is.

1:17.9

And it's supposed to help people when there's floods, fires, droughts, earthquakes, tornadoes,

1:21.9

hurricanes, fire, whatever it is. And I'll just, you know, I'll throw this out of something we talk about.

1:28.3

So when you look at the Constitution, the Constitution, it has 18 things that the federal

1:34.6

government can do. It's contained in 17 clauses. So I often say 17 enumerated powers.

1:39.1

But if you look, taking care of emergencies of the states is not one of the federally designated powers,

1:46.0

which means it's supposed to be in the hands of the states. And so that's one of those 10th

1:51.6

amendment issues, one of those issues that if it's not enumerated power by the Constitution,

1:56.1

the states get to do it. And so Christy Noam has just made the point, look, this needs to go back

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