{"id":1996291,"date":"2023-08-10T06:38:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T10:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-subcommittee-to-hold-hearing-on-hurricane-ian-response\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T06:39:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T10:39:42","slug":"house-oversight-subcommittee-to-hold-hearing-on-hurricane-ian-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-subcommittee-to-hold-hearing-on-hurricane-ian-response\/","title":{"rendered":"House Oversight subcommittee schedules hearing on Hurricane Ian response."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-oversight-subcommittee-to-hold-hearing-on-hurricane-ian-response%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1996291&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Nearly a Year Later: Examining the Federal Response to Hurricane Ian<\/h2>\n<p>Nearly\u2062 a year after the devastation of Hurricane Ian, the House Subcommittee\u2062 on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce is holding\u200c a hearing to \u200bscrutinize the response to the\u200d storm. This hearing \u2063aims to \u2063shed light on\u2064 the federal government&#8217;s efforts in the\u2062 aftermath \u2064of the hurricane that wreaked havoc on southwestern and central Florida.<\/p>\n<h3>Rep. Pete \u2062Sessions: Seeking Accountability and Improvement<\/h3>\n<p>Chairman of the subcommittee, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), \u2062emphasizes the importance of examining the \u200cfederal response\u2063 to Hurricane Ian. He acknowledges\u2064 the severity of the storm, stating, &#8220;Hurricane \u2064Ian\u2019s dangerous winds and catastrophic storm surge devastated Southwest Florida. This is the third costliest weather disaster on \u200crecord and rebuilding could take up to a decade.\u2062 We owe it to American taxpayers and Southwest Floridians to examine\u200d the federal response to this \u2064deadly hurricane\u200b and identify how \u2064we can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-subcommittee-to-hold-hearing-on-hurricane-ian-response\/\" title=\"House Oversight subcommittee schedules hearing on Hurricane Ian response.\">improve disaster response moving forward<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sessions further expresses the committee&#8217;s eagerness \u2063to hear from both federal and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-china-policy-under-scrutiny-as-kerry-set-to-meet-ccp-officials\/\" title=\"Kerry's meeting with CCP officials raises questions about Biden's China policy.\">local\u200c officials<\/a>, recognizing the significance of their insights into the devastation that occurred in\u200c their communities.<\/p>\n<h3>Witness Panels: Federal Government and Local Officials<\/h3>\n<p>The House Oversight Committee&#8217;s \u200bsubcommittee will hear from two panels of witnesses during the hearing. The first panel will consist of representatives from \u2063the federal\u2063 government, while the second\u200b panel will include \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-restaurant-owners-want-to-play-fair-so-far-they-say-newsom-hasnt\/\" title=\"Late-night restaurant owners want to play fair. So far, they say, Newsom hasn't\">local officials<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first panel will feature Brett Howard and Thomas McCool, federal coordinating officers at FEMA for\u200d Hurricane\u2064 Ian. Additionally,\u2064 Francisco Sanchez, Jr.,\u200d associate\u2064 administrator for the office \u2062of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-energy-secretary-says-we-dont-know-fully-if-climate-change-caused-florida-building-collapse\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Energy Secretary Says \u2018We Don\u2019t Know Fully\u2019 If \u2018Climate Change\u2019 Caused Florida Building Collapse\">disaster recovery<\/a> and resilience in the Small Business Administration, and Marion\u200d McFadden, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-pauses-plan-to-offer-vaccines-to-guantanamo-bay-detainees\/\" title=\"Pentagon Pauses Plan To Offer Vaccines To Guantanamo Bay Detainees\">principal deputy assistant secretary<\/a> for community planning and development at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, will provide their insights.<\/p>\n<p>The second panel will include Brian Hamman, chairman of \u2064the Lee County Board of Commissioners, Chauncey Goss, a resident of Sanibel, Florida,\u2062 and Kevin Anderson, the Mayor of Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> \u2064to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<h3>The Costly \u2064Impact of Hurricane Ian<\/h3>\n<p>Hurricane Ian left a staggering $112.9 billion in damage in the \u2062United States, with $109.5 billion of \u200cthat occurring in the Sunshine State, according \u2064to the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing is scheduled\u200b to take place at 10 a.m. at the Lakes Regional Library in Fort\u2062 Myers, Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly a year post-Hurricane Ian, the House Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce is conducting a hearing on the storm&#8217;s response. In September 2022, the storm severely impacted southwestern Florida and wreaked havoc in central Florida. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), the committee&#8217;s chairman, is leading the proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1996292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1996291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1996291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1996291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1996292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1996291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1996291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1996291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}