Full Committee Hearing

The National Flood Insurance Program: The Need for Long-Term Reauthorization and Reform

Date:   Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Time:   10:00 AM

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COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC POLICY will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing entitled “The National Flood Insurance Program: The Need for Long-Term Reauthorization and Reform”. The witness on Panel I will be: Mr. Todd Klietz, Missoula County Floodplain Administrator, Missoula, Montana; and Mr. Dwayne Bourgeois, North Lafourche Conservation Levee and Drainage District, Raceland, Louisiana. The witnesses on Panel II will be: Dr. David A. Sampson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Property and Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCIAA); Mr. Jon A. Jensen, Government Affairs Committee Chairman, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) and President, Correll Insurance Group; Mr. Maurice Veissi, 2012 President, National Association of Realtors; and Ms. Sarah Murdock, Senior Policy Advisor, The Nature Conservancy. Additional witnesses may be added at a later date.

Witnesses

Witness Panel 1

  1. Mr. Dwayne Bourgeois
    North Lafourche Conservation Levee and Drainage District, Raceland, Louisiana
  2. Mr. Todd Klietz
    Missoula County Floodplain Administrator
    Missoula, Montana

Witness Panel 2

  1. Mr. Jon A. Jensen
    Government Affairs Committee Chairman, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America
    President, Correll Insurance Group
  2. Ms. Sarah Murdock
    Senior Policy Advisor
    The Nature Conservancy
  3. Dr. David A. Sampson
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Property and Casualty Insurers Association of America
  4. Mr. Moe Veissi
    2012 President
    National Association of Realtors