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Hearing to Focus on Rebuilding After Disasters

Washington, DC, January 23, 2015 | Justin Harclerode (202) 225-9446
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The Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA), will hold a hearing next week on saving taxpayer dollars by lessening the impacts of disasters and strategies for speeding disaster recoveries.

With this hearing, Chairman Barletta and the Subcommittee are launching an assessment of the rising costs of disasters, the cost effectiveness of disaster assistance, strategies to reduce disaster losses, and the appropriate roles of government and the private sector.  As part of that process, the Subcommittee will also consider possible emergency management program reforms that can help save lives through improved alerts and warning systems and search and rescue.

The hearing, entitled “Rebuilding after the Storm: Lessening Impacts and Speeding Recovery,” is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.

Witness List:

  • The Honorable W. Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Mr. Francis X. McCarthy, Analyst in Emergency Management Policy, Congressional Research Service
  • The Honorable R. David Paulison, Former Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Mr. Bryan Koon, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management; on behalf of the National Emergency Management Association
  • Mr. Brian Fennessy, Assistant Fire Chief for Emergency Operations, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department; on behalf of the International Association of Fire Chiefs 

    • More information about the hearing, including testimony, additional background information, and live webcast, will be posted here as it becomes available. 

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