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FEMA Administrator Brock Long testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on how his agency is preparing for future disasters. He also reflected on some of the lessons learned…

Daniel Kaniewski, Federal Emergency Management Agency deputy administrator, spoke about the agency’s future disaster preparedness strategic plan and reflected on the lessons learned from recovery…

Federal and state officials testified at a hearing on lessons learned from 2017 disasters resulting from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.…

Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke talked about the importance of disaster preparedness and the 2017 hurricane season. Other speakers were the mayors of Houston, Texas; Key West,…

Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long was among the witnesses who testified at a hearing on the federal government’s response to various hurricanes that hit U.S.…

American Red Cross spokesperson Fred Mariscal gave a behind-the-scenes tour of one of their shelters set up in Houston to help people displaced by Hurricane Harvey. He also talked about the…

Military officials from the Army Corps of Engineers and the Air Force Reserve Command briefed reporters on the ongoing Hurricane relief efforts and damage assessment in Puerto Rico, the…

Peter Herrick talked about the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s mission in Houston and how the agency was helping those affected by Hurricane Harvey return to some sense of normalcy.…

C-SPAN surveyed Hurricane Harvey storm damage in Houston.

Representatives Gene Green (D-TX), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Al Green (D-TX) attended Hurricane Harvey relief and recovery events in their respective congressional districts.

Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) spoke by phone about Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts in her 18th Congressional District in Houston.

President Trump travelled to North Dakota where he spoke to workers at an oil refinery about his plan to reform the tax code. He said high corporate taxes and regulations are reasons for slow…

Diana Verm talked about the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty’s role in representing three Texas churches who were suing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Hurricane Harvey…

Representative Dave Brat (R-VA) spoke to reporters following a Republican conference meeting with leaders and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. In the meeting Secretary Mnuchin urged Republican…

During the White House briefing, Tom Bossert, the homeland security adviser to the president, briefed reporters about response efforts to Hurricane Harvey and Irma. Following Bossert’s…

Representative Ted Poe (R-TX), who represents Houston as part of the 2nd Congressional District, talked about the situation in Houston and the rest of the state following Hurricane Harvey.…

Representative Pete Olson (R-TX) talked about the effects of Hurricane Harvey on his community and in the state of Texas.

Senators from Texas spoke about the need for Congress to pass nearly $8 billion for what could be the first round of federal funds for Hurricane Harvey recovery.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) briefed reporters on her legislative agenda. She described an Oval Office meeting with President Trump and other congressional leaders as “long and…

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) briefed reporters on his party’s legislative agenda. He told reporters that President Trump struck a deal with Democrats on the debt and Hurricane relief…