Talks about recommendations for improving efficiency at the Environmental Protection agency. Congressman tim murphy chairs the subcommittee on oversight. This is an hour and a half. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our hearing oversight and investigation subcommittee on energy commerce. The subcommittee convenes to examine unimplemented recomme recommendations and Government Accountability office. Acting on these recommendations would improve the ability to carry out the core mission, protecting human health and the environment. This mission is never more important than during times of national disaster, Natural Disaster like the one the gulf coast are experiencing in Hurricane Harvey and about to hit with another hurricane on the florida coast. First of all, on behalf of the committee i want to express my sincere sorrow. Hurricane harvey is one of the worst National Disasters the United States has ever faced and it is still too early to tell the full extend of the devastation that d
Congressman tim murphy chairs the subcommittee on oversight. This is an hour and a half. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to our hearing oversight and investigation subcommittee on energy commerce. The subcommittee convenes to examine unimplemented recomme recommendations and Government Accountability office. Acting on these recommendations would improve the ability to carry out the core mission, protecting human health and the environment. This mission is never more important than during times of national disaster, Natural Disaster like the one the gulf coast are experiencing in Hurricane Harvey and about to hit with another hurricane on the florida coast. First of all, on behalf of the committee i want to express my sincere sorrow. Hurricane harvey is one of the worst National Disasters the United States has ever faced and it is still too early to tell the full extend of the devastation that displaced thousands of people. Members of this committee represent experience of loss and dest
Held by a house to oversight subcommittee, this is an hour and a half. All right, good morning, everyone. And welcome to our hearing in oversight and information subcommittee on energy and commerce. Finish the subcommittee convenes its hearing today to examine unimplemented recommendations by the Environmental Protection agencys office of Inspector General and Government Accountability office. Acting on these recommendations would improve epas ability to carry out its core mission. Protecting human health and the environment. This mission is never more important than during times of National Disaster Natural Disaster like the one in the gulf coast or experiencing right now in Hurricane Harvey or about to hit with another hurricane in the florida coast. First of all, on behalf of the committee i want to express my son sincere sorry to everyone impacted by the storm. Hurricane harvey is one of the worst National Disasters the United States has ever faced, and its still too early to tell
We convene today to examine recommendations by the Inspector General and gla. Gao. This mission is never more important than during times of natural disasters, like the one in the gulf coast we are experiencing now in Hurricane Harvey with another hurricane about to hit the florida coast. I want to express my sincere sorrow to everyone impacted by the storm. Hurricane harvey is one of the worst natural disasters the United States has ever faced, and still too early to tell the devastation that has displaced thousands of people. Members on both side of the aisle present in sichuans who have experienced loss as they begin to rebuild their lives from this national tragedy. During the storm and in the aftermath, epa plays a Critical Role in the federal response to Hurricane Harvey. While epa is in the midst of initial response efforts, their work is on the begun. We look forward to monitoring their response and learning the full extent of the Environmental Impact and the challenges ahead.
David muir, amy robach and our Abc News Team spread out across the storm zone. A special edition of gma starts now. And good morning, america. Florida has never seen a storm like this. That is naples. That is drone footage of naples. The destruction there yesterday. Right now the storm hitting jacksonville and expecting a powerful storm surge there. At one point sunday the entire state was covered by this storm. Such a massive force. Now making its way toward atlanta where theyre facing a Tropical Storm warning. And we are now just starting to see images from the areas hardest hit being the keys. It hit there first and hit there hard. Hurricane irma has claimed five lives in florida, 27 across the caribbean. It was a category 4 storm when it first made landfall in florida shortly after 9 00 a. M. Yesterday with wind gusts topping 140 miles an hour. This morning more than 5 million customers without power in the state. World news tonight anchor david muir is leading our coverage on the