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Director Witt and other FEMA officials outlined the actions of the agency during the past year. The primary focus was on flooding in the Midwest this summer.

The House Public Works Oversight Subcommittee on the response to the 1993 Midwest Floods. James Witt, the Federal Emergency Management Agency Director, was one of the witnesses testifying be…

On July 14, 1991, a train transporting tankers of weed killers derailed in California and dumped thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals into the Sacramento River. Every living thing in the …

The Environment and Public Works committee’s Gulf Pollution Task Force heard testimony on the effect of the Kuwaiti oil well fires set by retreating Iraqi soldiers on humans and the environm…

Officials of FEMA and other government agencies give an update on the latest information about the California earthquake.

The House Public Works and Transportation Subcommittee on Water Resources held a hearing to review and address the need for comprehensive liability and compensation legislation concerning oi…

A House Merchant Marine Subcommittee on Navigation hearing was held on the clean-up operation of the Exxon-Valdez oil spill in Alaskan.