The scrutiny on the agency comes as President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned the necessity of FEMA and called for states to take a greater role in disaster response.

Testimony will be heard from those in charge of managing rivers as well as emergency managers and first responders about the flash flooding that killed at least 135 people.

Deadly downpours hit Texas, United States with a death toll from the catastrophic floods reaching at least 96 people.

After the floods that impacted Central Texas on July 4, 39 local and national sports organizations came together to launch the Texas Sports Healing Fund.

Ingram officials have been waiting to hear from Kerr County’s emergency management coordinator after feeling as if they were on their own during the devastating July 4 flooding.

Shelters in Central Texas are still searching and helping animals who have been displaced since the catastrophic flooding.

The severity of the flash flooding that killed more than 130 people in Texas's Hill Country was difficult to predict, officials said Wednesday.

The deadly July 4 flash floods in Texas have prompted a lot of questions and soul-searching: about the failures of early-warning systems, the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Weather Service and disaster programs and the vulnerability of communities around the country to disasters worsened by climate change.

The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to the central Texas floods that killed at least 136 people.

Texas State Rep. James Talarico (D) is getting national attention for speaking out against a Texas bill that would mandate putting the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom. Talarico joins Katy Tur to discuss the special legislative session going on right now regarding the deadly flooding and President Trump's attempt to redistrict Texas.