At this point and go back to capitol hill. You can continue watching you at our website, cspan. Org. C span3. She is set to testify on how her agency can help with recovery of various areas by. Live coverage of this hearing on cspan three cspan3. As a reminder, please email it to documentsti mail. House. Gov. I want to thank our witness, the honorable. Is it deeann or deanna . For being here today. We are focusing on the current state of femas readiness, response, and recovery. Core mission is to help people before, during, and after disasters. Unfortunately, fema has added layers and adopted political agendas. The Biden Administration is imposing an agenda focused on Climate Change and equity which is diverging away from femas core mission. On august 28, the committee was alerted that the Disaster Relief fund would move to immediate needs funding until additional funds are appropriated. Federal reimbursements, recognized tribes for longterm disaster cover, projects are halted. Instead
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Well call this hearing to order. Today we are welcoming the administrator of the federal Emergency Management agency, mr. Brock long. Were here to talk about response to recovery to hurricane irma, maria and harvey and the wild fires. Thank you for being here. I want to thank you and the thousands of dedicated fema personnel who have deployed and who continue to work tirelessly to help communities and families get back on their feet in the wake of in every instance of these devastating events. Congress has passed two emergency sup lementals which have provided an additional 26 billion to ensure femas ability to response to immediate aftermath of disasters. Now is the time to shift focus from response to recovery. And while some of these efforts are already underway, theres still a very long road ahead. Today we look forward to hearing from you on how this third supplemental request, 23. 5 billion will enable communities to start down the long path of longterm recovery. Mr. Long, please
Administrator of the federal Emergency Management agency, thek long, here to discuss Response Recovery to hurricanes maria, as wellnd as the wildfires that spread across california. Congress has passed two emergency supplemental, which have provided an additional 46 billion to ensure femas ability to respond to the aftermath of such disasters. While some of these efforts are already underway, there is still a very long road ahead. We look forward to hearing from you on how this third supplemental request will enable the communities to start down the path, the long path of longterm recovery. , i long, before i get to you want to introduce my ranking member, who is a good friend. Chairman and mr. Good morning, mr. Administrator and welcome to your first appearance before the subcommittee. I wish it were not prompted by the administrator, would prompt the third supplemental funding request in the last few months. But we are nevertheless a good to spend a some time with you to get your per
Outlines the Disaster Relief funding request. He testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee. We will call this hearing to order. We are welcoming the administrator of the federal Emergency Management agency, mr. Brock long, here to discuss the Response Recovery to hurricanes harvey, irma, and maria, as well as the wildfires that spread across california. Thank you very much for being here and joining us. I want to thank you and the thousands of fema personnel who have deployed and continue to work tirelessly to help communities and families get back on their feet in the wake of devastating events. Congress has passed two y supplementals which have provided an additional 46 billion to ensure femas ability to respond to the aftermath of such disasters. While some of these efforts are already underway, there is still a very long road ahead. Today, we look forward to hearing from you on how this third supplemental request will enable the communities to start down the path, the