Senate Flood Insurance Hearing on Sept. 18– Biggert Waters
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIGGERT-WATERS FLOOD INSURANCE ACT OF 2012: ONE YEAR AFTER ENACTMENT Economic Policy
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
02:30 AM – 04:30 PM
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
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COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC POLICY
Will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing entitled “Implementation of The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Act of 2012: One Year After Enactment”. The witnesses on Panel I will be: The Honorable David Vitter, United States Senator, Louisiana; and The Honorable Mary Landrieu, United States Senator, Louisiana. The witness on Panel II will be: The Honorable William Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency. The witnesses on Panel III will be: Ms. Alicia P. Cackley, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Ms. Christine Shirley, National Flood Insurance Program Coordinator, Planning Services Division, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development; Mr. Stephen Ellis, Vice President, Taxpayers for Common Sense; and Mr. Birny Birnbaum, Executive Director, Center for Economic Justice.
Witnesses
Panel 1
Honorable David Vitter (R-LA)
United States Senator
Honorable Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)
United States Senator
Panel 2
Honorable William Craig Fugate
Administrator
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Panel 3
Ms. Alicia P. Cackley
Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment
U.S. Government Accountability Office
Ms. Christine Shirley
National Flood Insurance Program Coordinator, Planning Services Division
Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
Mr. Stephen Ellis
Vice President
Taxpayers for Common Sense
Mr. Birny Birnbaum
Executive Director
Center for Economic Justice