On Thursday, August 26, the Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery held a Field Hearing at Chalmette Elementary in Chalmette, Louisiana. This Field Hearing was titled “Five Years Later: Lessons Learned, Progress Made, and Work Remaining from Hurricane Katrina” and Subcommittee Chairman and Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu wrote this opening statement to be read preceding testimony. The statement touches on: the failure of the Federal Government, flood protection, FEMA reform, housing recovery, education reform, city planning, the rise of nonprofits, etc.Notable guests will testify at the field hearing including Secretary of HUD Shaun Donovan, Former, ED of Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA) Paul Rainwater, Administrator of FEMA Craig Fugate, and Mayor of New Orleans Mitch Landrieu.
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