[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 157 (Thursday, December 8, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1266]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HURRICANE KATRINA
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine perspectives of FEMA's operations 
professionals relative to Hurricane Katrina, after receiving testimony 
from Scott Wells, Federal Coordinating Officer, FEMA Joint Field Office 
(Baton Rouge, Louisiana), Philip E. Parr, Deputy Federal Coordinating 
Officer, FEMA Joint Field Office (Austin, Texas), and William L. 
Carwile, former Federal Coordinating Officer, FEMA Joint Field Office 
(Biloxi, Mississippi), all of the Department of Homeland Security.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded hearings on the nominations of George W. Foresman, of 
Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Preparedness, and Tracy A. Henke, 
of Missouri, to be Executive Director of the Office of State and Local 
Government Coordination and Preparedness, both of the Department of 
Homeland Security. Ms. Henke was introduced by Representative Emerson.