The dismissal of acting Federal Emergency Management Agency head Cameron Hamilton plunges an already fraught agency into deeper uncertainty. Hamilton was fired from the agency Thursday after he said eliminating FEMA would not be in the “best interest” of the American people — contradicting pushes to do so from President Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Cameron Hamilton, has been replaced. The shake up comes weeks before the start of the Atlantic hurricane season.

The day after telling a House subcommittee that the Federal Emergency Management Agency should not be eliminated, Cam Hamilton, FEMA’s acting head, was fired.