Skip to Content
Home / news

Press Releases

T&I Committee to Hold Hearing on the Need to Improve Federal Disaster Assistance and FEMA

Washington, D.C., July 9, 2026 | Justin Harclerode (202) 225-9446
f t # e

Washington, D.C. – Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) announced that the full Committee will hold a hearing next week to examine efforts to improve federal disaster assistance and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); discuss how H.R. 4669, the Fixing Emergency Management for Americans Act (FEMA Act), supports needed reforms; and review recommendations developed by the FEMA Review Council. The hearing entitled, “Reforming FEMA: Ensuring the Nation’s Disaster Readiness Works for Americans,” will be held at 10:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.

Witness List:

  • The Honorable Craig Fugate, Former FEMA Administrator
  • The Honorable Cynthia Lee Sheng, President, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, on behalf of the National Association of Counties
  • The Honorable Jim Matheson, Chief Executive Officer, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
  • Brian Waller, Vice President, External Relations, Shelter Mutual Insurance Company, on behalf of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
  • Chuck Chaitovitz, Vice President, Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, United States Chamber of Commerce

More information about the hearing, including a link to the live webcast, will be posted here as it becomes available.

f t # e