RESCHEDULED: RESCHEDULED: Field Hearing: Weathering the Storm: Improving Hurricane Resiliency through Research
Opening Statements
Chair of the Subcommittee on Environment, Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX)
Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Witnesses
Dr. Louis W. Uccellini, Assistant Administrator for Weather Services, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) And Director, National Weather Service (NWS) [Truth in Testimony]
Dr. Hanadi Rifai, PE, John and Rebecca Moores Professor; Director, Environmental Engineering Graduate Program; Associate Dean Research and Facilities, Director of Hurricane Resilience Research Institute (HuRRI), University of Houston [Truth in Testimony]
Ms. Emily Grover-Kopec, Director of Insurance Practice, One Concern, Inc. [Truth in Testimony]
Mr. Jim Blackburn, Co-Director, Severe Storm Prediction, Education and Evacuation from Disasters (SSPEED) Center; Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University [Truth in Testimony]