THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet REMOTELY to conduct a hearing entitled, “Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, Part I.” The witnesses will be: Mr. Chad Berginnis, Executive Director, Association of State Floodplain Managers; Ms. Velma M. Smith, Senior Officer, Government Relations, The Pew Charitable Trusts; Ms. Rebecca Kagan Sternhell, Director, New York City Office of Federal Affairs; Mr. Stephen Ellis, President, Taxpayers for Common Sense; and Mr. R.J. Lehmann, Senior Fellow and Editor-in-Chief, International Center for Law & Economics.

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