Virgin islands. The Senate Committee rooms of committee runs about 2. 5 hours. Good morning. This hearing has come to order. I would like to say on the one hand, it is nice to see senator carper acting as my Ranking Member. The circumstances are unfortunate, to say the least. Senator mccaskills husband is in the icu. Senator mccaskill is with him in missouri. We certainly want to send her thoughts and prayers. I just mentioned, i saw how he was doing. Apparently he had a massive heart attack, i think it was an internal defibrilator that mayiy have saved his life. There are still blockages to worry about and additional surgery and additional surgery work that needs to be done. To what the chairman said, keep them in our thoughts and prayers. I want to thank our witnesses, not only for being here and your testimony, but for the last two and a half months. I have been to femas response center. I have talked to the men and women working with you. I think doing an extraordinary job, working
This hearing has come to order. On the one hand, it is nice to see senator carper acting as my Ranking Member. But the circumstances are unfortunate, to say the least. Senator mccaskills husband is in the icu. Senator mccaskill is with him in missouri. We want to send her thoughts and send them our thoughts and prayers. I just mentioned, he had a massive heart attack, i think it was an internal did did you later that may have say defibrilator that may have saved his life. There is still blockages to worry about it additional surgery that needs to be done. To what the chairman said, keep them in our thoughts. Thank you. I want to thank our witnesses, not only for being here and your testimony, for what you are about to answer in terms of our questions, but for the last two and a half months. I have been to femas response center. I have talked to the men and women working with you. Doing an extraordinary job, working 12 hour shifts for weeks, months on end. This has been unprecedented. S
The subcommittee on energy will now come to order and the chair will recognize himself or an opening statement. This years atlantic Hurricane Season was unprecedented. More named storms in close succession slammed the gulf and the u. S. Virgin islands. These hurricanes caused catastrophic damage in Energy Supply disruptions across the country. Both texas and florida are further down the road to recovery in the humanitarian crisis is unfolding in puerto rico. A number of colleagues from this committee have been down there and the u. S. Virgin islands where the majority of folks still remain without power for more than a month after Hurricane Maria made landfall. Todays hearing will review the response in Energy Recovery efforts in the wake of the storms that will help us begin to understand what went right and what went wrong. What lessons can be learned and how we as a risk and identify gaps so when the next hurricane hits we will be better prepared. As a result of Hurricane Harvey mor
Season was unprecedented. More named storms in close succession slammed the gulf and the u. S. Virgin islands. These hurricanes caused catastrophic damage in Energy Supply disruptions across the country. Both texas and florida are further down the road to recovery in the humanitarian crisis is unfolding in puerto rico. A number of colleagues from this committee have been down there and the u. S. Virgin islands where the majority of folks still remain without power for more than a month after Hurricane Maria made landfall. Todays hearing will review the response in Energy Recovery efforts in the wake of the storms that will help us begin to understand what went right and what went wrong. What lessons can be learned and how we as a risk and identify gaps so when the next hurricane hits we will be better prepared. As a result of Hurricane Harvey more than 275,000 customers lost power in texas and severe flooding affected supplies and fuel. Compounding the response to challenges in Energy
Good morning, the hearing will come to order. Er id like to say on one hand, its nice to see senator carper acting as my Ranking Member, but thesa circumstances are unfortunate to say the least. Senator mccaskills husband is in the icu, so senator mccaskill is with him in missouri. We certainly want to send them our thoughts and prayers, for claire, for joe, and their family members as well. I just mentioned, i texted with claire last night to see how he was doing. He apparently had a massive heart attack, a serious heart attack, and had an internal defebrlter that mayay have save his life, and theres some additional surgery work that needs to be done, but to what the chairman said, keep them in our thoughts and prayers. Thank you. Ng i also want to thank our witnesses. Not only for being here, for your testimony and for what youre about to answer in terms of ouron questions, but really r the last two and a half months. I have been to femas response center. I have talked to the men and