IMPORTANT & TIME SENSITIVE: Live stream of Senate Banking Committee hearing today re: Biggert-Waters

Kevin Boyle from the WAVE sent this information from Senator Schumer's Office to me several minutes ago....

From Schumer's office:

There’s a hearing today at 2:30pm titled, “Implementation of the Biggert-waters flood insurance act of 2012: one year after enactment.” Fugate is testifying. Senator Schumer will be in attendance and he has questions for the panel.

It will stream live on the banking committee site: http://www.banking.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Home

The link to stream the video won’t pop until the hearing begins.

Hearing Information

MPLEMENTATION OF THE BIGGERT-WATERS FLOOD INSURANCE ACT OF 2012: ONE YEAR AFTER ENACTMENT

Economic Policy

Wednesday, September 18, 2013
02:30 PM - 04:30 PM
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building

COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC POLICY

will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing entitled “Implementation of The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Act of 2012: One Year After Enactment”. The witnesses on Panel I will be: The Honorable David Vitter, United States Senator, Louisiana; and The Honorable Mary Landrieu, United States Senator, Louisiana. The witness on Panel II will be: The Honorable William Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency. The witnesses on Panel III will be: Ms. Alicia P. Cackley, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Ms. Christine Shirley, National Flood Insurance Program Coordinator, Planning Services Division, Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development; Mr. Stephen Ellis, Vice President, Taxpayers for Common Sense; and Mr. Birny Birnbaum, Executive Director, Center for Economic Justice.

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Honorable David Vitter (R-LA)
  United States Senator
• Honorable Mary L. Landrieu (D-LA)
  United States Senator

Panel 2

• Honorable William Craig Fugate [view testimony] 
  Administrator
  Federal Emergency Management Agency

Panel 3

• Ms. Alicia P. Cackley [view testimony] 
  Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment
  U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Ms. Christine Shirley [view testimony] 
  National Flood Insurance Program Coordinator, Planning Services Division
  Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
• Mr. Stephen Ellis [view testimony] 
  Vice President
  Taxpayers for Common Sense
• Mr. Birny Birnbaum [view testimony] 
  Executive Director
  Center for Economic Justice