THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS will meet in OPEN SESSION, HYBRID FORMAT to conduct a hearing entitled, “Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program: Protecting Communities from Flood Risk.” The witnesses will be: Ms. Jana N. Henderson, CFM, Office of Mitigation Director/ State Hazard Mitigation Officer, Mississippi Emergency Management Agency; Dr. Peter Van Doren, Senior Fellow, The Cato Institute; Mr. Jerry Theodorou, Director, Finance, Insurance and Trade Policy Program, R Street Institute; Mr. Douglas E. Quinn, Executive Director, American Policyholder Association; and Professor Sam Brody, PhD, Texas A&M University, Director of the Institute for Disaster Resilient Texas.

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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