Representing North Carolina’s Ninth District                                                                        

MYRICK APPOINTED TO SELECT BIPARTISAN COMMITTEE TO REVIEW HURRICANE RELIEF RESPONSE
COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT FEMA RESPONSE

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Representative Sue Myrick (NC-9) was selected by the Speaker of the House to the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina.  Rep. Myrick will be joined by 10 other senior members of the House on this Special Committee.

 “I've appointed Sue Myrick to this special committee because of her extensive relief efforts and interactions with FEMA in the last 20 years. As Mayor of Charlotte she helped get her community back on its feet after it was devastated by Hurricane Hugo. That's the knowledge and leadership we need on this committee, and that's why I wanted her on this committee,” said Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.

 “I’m honored to be appointed to this committee.  My hope is that we can find out what went wrong during the relief response in the Gulf so that we can move forward to ensure that it doesn’t happen again,” said Rep. Myrick.

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