Full Committee Hearing

Federal Housing Response to
Hurricane Katrina

10:00 a.m., February 6, 2007, 2128 Rayburn House Office Building
Full Committee

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Witness List & Prepared Testimony:

Panel One:

• The Honorable Gene Taylor . The Honorable William H. Jefferson
• The Honorable Charles W. Boustany, Jr.
• The Honorable Charlie Melancon

Panel Two:

• The Honorable Roy A. Bernardi, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Mr. David Garratt, Acting Director of Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Mr. Walter Leger, Chairman, Housing and Redevelopment Task Force, Louisiana Recovery Authority
• Mr. Gray Swoope, Executive Director, Mississippi Development Authority

Panel Three:

• Ms. Sheila Crowley, President, National Low Income Housing Coalition
• Mr. Kirk H. Tate, Chief Executive Office, Orion Real Estate Services, on behalf of National Multi Housing Council
• Mr. Ghebre Selassie Mehreteab, Co-Chairman & CEO, NHP Foundation
• Mr. James H. Perry, Executive Director, Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center
• Mr. Edgar Bright, III, President, Standard Mortgage Corporation (New Orleans) on behalf of Mortgage Bankers Association
• Dr. James A. Richardson, John Rhea Professor of Economics, E.J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University

Panel Four:

• Ms. Doris Koo, President & CEO, Enterprise Community Partners
• Mr. Derrick Johnson, President, Mississippi State Conference NAACP
• Mr. James R. Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans
• Ms. Julie Andrews, Spokesperson for Residents United and a Public Housing Resident
• Ms. Margery Austin Turner, Director, Metropolitan Housing and Communities, The Urban Institute
• Ms. Judith A. Browne-Dianis, Co-Director, Advancement Project
• Ms. Martha J. Kegel, Executive Director, UNITY of Greater New Orleans

Available Member Statements: Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) . Rep. Julia Carson (IN) . Rep. Joe Baca (CA) . Rep. Albio Sires (NJ) . Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (FL) . Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ)

Printed Hearing: 110-1