Reform Bill Offers FEMA Improvements

By Rep. Dave Reichert
Special to Roll Call
Sept. 21, 2006, 12 a.m.

FEMA: The name is staying the same, and that’s about it. The emergency management reform bill the House and Senate recently agreed on represents a bipartisan, bicameral commitment to comprehensive emergency management reform. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be more able to provide a 21st-century approach to emergency management that responds better and faster to the wider variety of threats we are facing.



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Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel

Nov. 16, 12 a.m.

As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article

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