Full Committee Hearing

Disaster Recovery Assistance - Authorization of the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery Program

Date:   Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Time:   10:00 AM Location:   Dirksen Senate Office Building 538

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THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in OPEN SESSION, HYBRID FORMAT to conduct a hearing entitled, “Disaster Recovery Assistance - Authorization of the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery Program.” The witnesses will be: Mr. Michael A. Sprayberry, Senior Advisor for Emergency Management, Hagerty Consulting; and Mr. Matt Mayer, President, Opportunity Ohio. Additional witnesses may be added at a later date.

Pursuant to guidance from the CDC and OAP, Senate office buildings are not open to the public other than official business visitors and credentialed press at this time. Accordingly, in-person visitors cannot be accommodated at this briefing. We encourage the public to utilize the Committee’s livestream of the hearing, available on the website at http://www.banking.senate.gov.

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Member Statements

  1. Chairman Sherrod Brown (D - Ohio)
  2. Ranking Member Patrick J. Toomey (R - Pennsylvania)

Witnesses

  1. Mr. Michael A. Sprayberry
    Senior Advisor for Emergency Management
    Hagerty Consulting
  2. Mr. Matt Mayer
    President
    Opportunity Ohio
  3. Dr. Carlos Martin
    Rubenstein Fellow
    Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution