Welcome and good afternoon. I am Vice President here at the urban institute the centron labor, human services. And also a Financial Wellbeing expert. So todays topic is near and dear to my heart. Thank you to all of us who joined both in the room today and online. Before a jump in here are a few notes on housekeeping. One the event is being recorded. The recording and relevant links will be posted online after the event. If you are joining us virtually the are turned on you can adjust those at the bottom of your screen. And if you are in the room you can use the qr code thats on all of your table to submit your questions and that virtual audience can submit your questions directly into the question and answer box at any time. We are going to be sharing a link with a post event survey and we ask that you share your feedback with us. It is helpful for us and for panelists to hear what you are thinking about and to shape how we do events in what we look at in the future. If you would like
Especially for those living in foldable communities. The Treasury Department released a report the day of this event. This is hosted by the urban institute in washington d. C. It runs about an hour and 20 minutes. Welcome and good afternoon. I am Vice President here at the urban institute the centron labor, human services. And also a Financial Wellbeing expert. So todays topic is near and dear to my heart. Thank you to all of us who joined both in the room today and online. Before a jump in here are a few notes on housekeeping. One the event is being recorded. The recording and relevant links will be posted online after the event. If you are joining us virtually the are turned on you can adjust those at the bottom of your screen. And if you are in the room you can use the qr code thats on all of your table to submit your questions and that virtual audience can submit your questions directly into the question and answer box at any time. We are going to be sharing a link with a post even
Her agency can help with recovery of various areas by. Live coverage of this hearing on cspan three cspan3. As a reminder, please email it to documentsti mail. House. Gov. I want to thank our witness, the honorable. Is it deeann or deanna . For being here today. We are focusing on the current state of femas readiness, response, and recovery. Core mission is to help people before, during, and after disasters. Unfortunately, fema has added layers and adopted political agendas. The Biden Administration is imposing an agenda focused on Climate Change and equity which is diverging away from femas core mission. On august 28, the committee was alerted that the Disaster Relief fund would move to immediate needs funding until additional funds are appropriated. Federal reimbursements, recognized tribes for longterm disaster cover, projects are halted. Instead, the remaining balance is reserved for any Immediate Response activities. First asked fema in february. It is a long time ago now what it
Us. Please join me in thanking this in thanking this extraordinary she is set to testify on how her agency can help with recovery of various areas by. Live coverage of this hearing on cspan three cspan3. As a reminder, please email it to documentsti mail. House. Gov. I want to thank our witness, the honorable. Is it deeann or deanna . For being here today. We are focusing on the current state of femas readiness, response, and recovery. Core mission is to help people before, during, and after disasters. Unfortunately, fema has added layers and adopted political agendas. The Biden Administration is imposing an agenda focused on Climate Change and equity which is diverging away from femas core mission. On august 28, the committee was alerted that the Disaster Relief fund would move to immediate needs funding until additional funds are appropriated. Federal reimbursements, recognized tribes for longterm disaster cover, projects are halted. Instead, the remaining balance is reserved for any
All right, madam vice chair. Sorry everyone, for the difficulties. All right. For members of the public, we are on item number two. Public comment has been closed and we were taking action on the july 21st minutes. Madam vice chair. Um, i believe commissioner williams moved to approve the minutes. Oh commissioner preston moved to approve the minutes. Do i have a second . Second . All right. On the motion moved by commissioner preston, seconded by commissioner williams. Commissioner preston. Hi, preston. I commissioner williams i. Williams i vice chair fielder i fielder i. There are three eyes. All right. And madam clerk, can you please call item number three . And the minutes are approved as presented. Item number three is electric bikes for delivery workers. Pilot Program Update members of the public wish to provide comment on this item should line up to speak now or press star three. If you are joining us remotely. Madam vice chair. All right. We will now hear from anna cerrudo and c