A Year Later: Lessons Learned, Progress Made, and Challenges that Remain from Hurricane Ike

Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery

Friday, September 25, 2009
01:00 PM

A joint field hearing with the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery was held in Galveston, Texas.

Member Statements

• Senator Mary L. Landrieu   [view statement]

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas [view testimony]
  Mayor of Galveston, Texas
  Mayor of Galveston, Texas
• Mr. David Callendar [view testimony]
  President
  University of Texas Medical Branch
• Mr. Frank Dryden [view testimony]
  Owner
  Island Flowers/Fefertiti Boutique
• Ms. Sharon Gillins [view testimony]
  Owner
  Y'a Bon Village Coffeehouse

Panel 2

• Judge Robert Eckels [view testimony]
  Chairman
  State of Texas Commission for Recovery and Renewal
• Mr. Brad Harris [view testimony]
  Texas Federal Coordinating Officer for Hurricane Ike
  Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Mr. Manuel Gonzalez [view testimony]
  Director, Houston District Office
  U.S. Small Business Administration
• Mr. Frederick Tombar, III [view testimony]
  Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Disaster and Recovery Programs
  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Mr. Al Alonzi [view testimony]
  Assistant Division Administrator
  Texas Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation