Rachel Maddow drew parallels Monday between the Trump administration's response to Texas' flooding and George W. Bush's to Hurricane Katrina.

The Department of Homeland Security secretary defended the federal government's response and denied that policy changes slowed the agency's deployment.

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The federal response to the flash flooding disaster in Texas has come under scrutiny. President Trump, who has called for cuts to FEMA, praised the agency during his recent visit to Texas, but did not comment on his plans for its future.

Cuts made to the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Trump administration severely impaired its ability to respond to the devastating floods in central Texas.

There are questions over why oversight was eased at Mystic Camp as it expanded in a hazardous floodplain, the AP reported.

By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic Indiana’s elite Task Force One has deployed 35 more emergency responders for search and recovery efforts to flood-devastated Texas.

A flood watch is in effect into July 15 for more than a dozen counties as saturated ground gets drenched again.