Committee on Environment and Public Works
A Hearing on the Stafford Act: A Path Forward for the Nation’s Emergency Preparedness and Response System
July 27, 2006
406 Dirksen, 9:30 AM
Opening Statements
Sen. James M. Inhofe, of Oklahoma.
Sen. David Vitter, of Louisiana.
Sen. James M. Jeffords, of Vermont.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York.
Sen. Barack Obama, of Illinois.
Witnesses:
Robert Shea
Acting Director of Operations
Federal Emergency Management
Department of Homeland Security
Major General Don T. Riley
Director of Civil Works
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Deborah Dietrich
Director
Office of Emergency Management
Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Corey Gruber
Executive Director
National Preparedness Task Force
Preparedness Directorate
Department of Homeland Security
Armond Mascelli
Vice President of Domestic Response
American Red Cross
Pamela Pogue, CFM
Chair
Association of State Flood Managers
State Floodplain Manager, State of Rhode Island
Tamara S. Little
Chair
Legal Counsel Committee
National Emergency Management Association
