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Ike Brannon talked about ways to reform the National Flood Insurance Program, which must be reauthorized by the end of September and is nearly $25 billion in debt.

President Trump visited the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters, where he was briefed on preparations for the 2017 hurricane season. He commented on his administration’s…

Witnesses testified at a hearing on the deployment of FirstNet, a national public safety network for first responders. Among the witnesses testifying were FirstNet CEO Michael Poth, AT&T…

Brock Long spoke at the annual National Governors Association meeting. He talked about about disaster preparedness. Michael Berkowitz, president of an organization that focuses on comprehensive…

Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) speaks to reporters about a shooting that day at Fort Lauderdale’s airport. It was reported that several people were reported dead and the suspect was in custody.…

Craig Fugate discussed the work of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the Obama administration and how to reduce the costs of addressing disasters in the future. After…

Tevi Troy talked about his book, Shall We Wake the President?: Two Centuries of Disaster Management from the Oval Office, which examines how presidents respond to disasters and argues that Americans…

President Obama gave an update on Hurricane Matthew after a meeting in the Oval Office that included Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, and Deputy…

Josh Earnest briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a variety of topics including Hurricane Matthew’s expected landfall in Florida, a National Security Agency (NSA)…

President Obama spoke to reporters after he received a briefing on Hurricane Matthew at FEMA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He said Matthew was a serious storm, and that residents in southeast…

Josh Earnest talked about a range of topics at the daily press briefing including preparations for Hurricane Matthew. Other topics included the Justice Department’s announcement about a…

Josh Earnest briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a variety of topics, including preparations for Hurricane Matthew, the end of Syrian ceasefire negotiations with Russia, and…

Congressional members joined with the mayor of Elizabeth, New Jersey, at a fire house to announce federal grant money that would help bolster the number of first-responders in the area. A…

Chris Currie, with the Government Accountability Office, talked about funding for federal disaster preparedness and disaster assistance, as well as his office’s efforts to address management challenges facing those…

State and federal officials testified at a hearing on the progress made on the deployment of the First Responder Network Authority, or FirstNet, a public safety broadband network created…

Representative Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) introduced H.R. 5177, the National Mitigation Investment Act of 2016 (NMIA), that would attempt to alleviate losses to residential and commercial…

President Obama spoke to reporters following a briefing at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Response Coordination Center on preparedness for the hurricane season that would officially…

Officials from the Department of Homeland Security, the Transportation Department, the Government Accountability Office, and Federal Emergency Management Agency testified at a hearing on…

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson participated in a panel discussion with state and local officials on how to respond to crises such as terrorist attacks and natural disasters.

President Obama delivered remarks on a wide range of issues and took questions from members of the National Governors Association. The president and governors focused on issues states and…