florida. >> earlier today fema administrator brock long testified before the house appropriations sub committee on the request of $40 billion to help areas impacted by hurricanes. this is an hour and 40 minutes. >> we'll call this hearing to order. today we are welcoming the administrator of the federal emergency management agency, mr. brock long. we're here to talk about response to recovery to- hurricane irma, maria and harvey and the wild fires. thank you for being here. i want to thank you and the thousands of dedicated fema personnel who have deployed and who continue to work tirelessly to help communities and families get back on their feet in the wake of -- in every instance of these devastating events. congress has passed two emergency sup lementals which have provided an additional 26 billion to ensure fema's ability to response to immediate aftermath of disasters. now is the time to shift focus from response to recovery. and while some of these efforts are already underway, there's still a very long road ahead. today we look forward to hearing from you on how this third supp

questions, but for the last two and a half months. i have been to fema's 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. starting in late august with harvey, then irma and maria, we have been in a span of 30 days. we have not seen anything like this. i think it is heartening, really. after katrina, the lessons learned, a lot of those lessons put into place and used to great effect. when you have hurricanes and disasters of this magnitude, you can't just snap your fingers and make it well again. this is going to be a recovery effort that goes on for years. the response, i think we will hear in the testimony today has been quite extraordinary. nothing is ever perfect. i think the men and women that work with you in your agencies need to be commended, in terms of your management of them also needs to be commended. i thank you. this community -- committee thinks you as well. this will be first in a series of hearings. from my standpoint it started with the h

. earlier today, fema administrator brock long testified before a senate committee looking into the agency's response to hurricanes arm a and maria and puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. where millions remained without power and fresh water months later. the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee's runs about one hour and a half. >> 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 mccaskill's 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

listen live on the free c-span radio app. now to capitol hill, where earlier today fema administrator brock long testified before the senate committee looking into response to hurricanes irma and maria and response to the u.s. 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 mccaskill's 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 mont

. eastern on book tv on c-span2. >> fema administrator brock long testifies on the federal government's response to the recent hurricanes in his u.s. territories. the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee is chaired by senator ron johnson of wisconsin. n >> good morning, the hearing will come to order.er i'd like to say on one hand, it's nice to see senator carper acting as my ranking member, but thesa circumstances are unfortunate to say the least. senator mccaskill's 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 there's 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

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fema, government of puerto rico, local mayors, core of engineers and other stakeholders. this person will be responsible for identifying and integrating all help as required and acting as primary stakeholder to a shorter-term recovery actions are consistent with a long-range plan but i will coordinate frequently, several times a day. i identify key executives on the board of advisors, ceos from public-private utilities generously volunteered to bring expertise to help with this task. i will rely on an internal group of world-class experts from multinational utilities, the energy sector, academia and more. the second objective is under the fiscal plan developed by the oversight board in conjunction with the government of puerto rico. this reflects a transformation in broad agreement with puerto rico's energy strategy and the energy priorities. the end state to provide stable, reliable and cost-effective power incorporates best practices as a catalyst for sustained economic growth, the energy strategy calls for 50% renewable by 2040 with the gas mix, regional grids, physical har

the roads closed. fema has been spearheading recovery efforts and signing up hundreds of thousands of people for disaster assistance. but some, including the mayor of san juan, have criticized fema for not doing month. last month, 50 volunteer nurses from eight states were sent to puerto rico and they distributed clean water, food, and medication to thousands of hurricane victims in dozens of communities. we're joined now by two of the nurses. with me is sandy adler, an emergency room nurse, and via skype is rand yy litten. welcome to you both. sandy, you returned two weeks ago from puerto rico. what were the conditions you saw there? >> thuy, it was devastation. it was like a war zone without bullets. people were desperate. people had no clean water, no food. we encountered individuals who had been injured during the hurricane, shoulder dislocations, had no ability to get in terms of access transportation, roads closed. they had -- if they were able to get to a location, x-rays were down. peoplewere, as i said, were just desperate for basic supplies, basic needs. of course, medica

your insurance agent about national flood insurance now. >> sullivan: by the early 2000s, fema was overseeing the program, and four and a half million homeowners had government-backed flood insurance. >> now, that number goes up and down depending on the frequency of floods that exist. nothing sells flood insurance like a flood. >> sullivan: and the floods kept coming. >> incredible pictures show the ferocity of hurricane wilma. >> sullivan: in 2005, a series of devastating hurricanes put the national flood program deeply in debt. >> we see neighborhoods that have been flooded. we see the front of churches just ripped off. >> sullivan: none more than katrina. >> the city, absolutely devastated by katrina. >> for all intents and purposes, it immediately bankrupted the national flood insurance program, which had to resort on borrowing from the u.s. treasury. >> sullivan: by the time sandy came around, the flood program was nearly $18 billion in debt, and that debt was going to have a big impact on thousands of homeowners like doug quinn. so this is it. >> this is it. this is the rent

management agency, also known as fema, our inner agency partners and administration as part of the department of energy's emergency response activities. oe serves as the lead organization for emergency support function 12, under the national response framework, and as the sector-specific agency for energy. as the lead for esf-12, d.o.e. is responsible for providing information and analysis about energy disruptions and to assist and facilitating the restoration of damaged infrastructure. during hurricanes harvey, irma, maria, nate, we have worked with industry and the federal, state, territorial and local partners to facilitate response and recovery. overall, d.o.e. has received 18 mission assignments and has deployed more than 110 personnel to the response efforts. each of these storms have presented unique challenges to the energy sector. with respect to hurricane harvey, we saw peak electricity outages of about 300,000 customers in texas and louisiana. while offshore and onshore crude oil and natural gas productions were disrupted by the storm, the greatest impacts were to the mi

government, the oversight board. there are also two federal agencies, fema and the army corps of engineers. all four of them have to work together. otherwise it is simply chaos. this cannot be an adversarial situation and what we are going to do today is make sure we have the tools necessary to see that go into fruition. the board is not going to go away until their job happens to be finished at some particular time. so we are not going to describe plan. our goal is to fix the problems and help the people. the problems are too serious for us to politicize and try to make headlines. we owe the citizens more than that. last week, or yesterday actually, mr. graves came back from puerto rico with representative gonzalez. 10 days ago there were five of us who went down there. along with the majority leader and minority whip to see firsthand what is happening down there and but the virgin islands and puerto rico. it is clear from what we saw that the devastation and suffering is sobering and it is real. that what was the positive aspect of this, even know their homes or broken their sp

troubling agreement materialized. additionally, fema issued a statement that said it had no involvement in the development of this contract. my question is, why not? the federal government should be engaged in the contracting process of large scale rebuilding contracts for which u.s. taxpayers will ultimately foot the bill. the federal government needs to step up and take charge to expedite power restoration efforts. missions like this are why we have a strong federal government, and simply put, the trump administration needs to be doing more. if we can't get the power turned back on soon, more people are going to die. this is a humanitarian crisis, and our government owes it to the citizens in these territories to do everything it can to fix it. now, while restoring power quickly is the most urgent concern, it's also crucial that the grid in puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands be rebuilt with more modern energy technology focused on increased resiliency, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. replacing the old grid as it stood before the storm will cost taxpayers more

that agreement materialized. fema issued a statement as it had no involvement in the development of the contract. why not? the federal government should be engaged in the contracting process of large-scale rebuilding contracts in which can't-- taxpayers will ultimately fit the bill. missions like this are why we have a strong federal government the trump administration needs to do more. if we can't get the power turned back on, soon people more people will die. our government owes it to the citizens in these territories to do everything it can to fix this and while we-- while this is the most urgent concern it's also important that the great importer rico be rebuilt with more modern energy technology on increased resiliency, energy efficient and replacing the old grid will cost taxpayers more money and do nothing to make electricity in puerto rico more reliable or affordable. as congress prepares the next emergency spending bill we must make change to the current law to enable that rebuilding to occur with modern electricity grid in the territories. failing to invest into puerto ric

protesters called on fema to act quickly to restore services and for the the cancellation of where to rico's debt. rico's debt. they also demanded congress permanently waive shipping restrictions under the jones act. half of puerto rico remains without power and huhundreds of ththousands of residents stillll have no access to clean drinking wateter. this comes as the head of the puerto rico public power company, prepa, resigned, after facing widespread outrage and controversy for signing a $300 million contract with the tiny montana-based company whitefish, named after the hometown of interior secretary ryan zinke. last month, under enormous pressure, puerto rico's governor, ricardo rosello, instructed puerto rico's power company to cancel l the controversial contract with whitefish energy. well, we were in puerto rico a month ago, and just a few days -- just as the cancellation of the contract was being announced, but a few days before, we went to the roberto clemente coliseum, where the san juan mayor, carmen yulin cruz, and her vice mayor, rafael jaume, had just gotten their han

. republicans cancel a hearing with san juan mayor carmen yulin cruz who was set to testify alongside fema chief brock long today. >> we received a statement by the congressman thompson stating that the majority of the republicans for the second time in a row has canceled the with no date for it to be rescheduled. i'm just wondering, what are they afraid of? amy: than a federal judge blocked part of president terms transgender military ban. we will speak with the former trans marine who is the challenging the ban. all of that and more, coming up. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in new york city, eight people were killed and 11 more injured when a driver intentionally drove a pickup truck down a bike path along mananhattan's hudson river tuesday. officials are calling it an act of terror. police say the attacker was 29-year-old sayfullo saipov. he reportedly drove a rented home depot truck down the massssacre will lane - -- bicyce and d killing at leastst eight people before e crashing into aa school bus.

power line shut down. the set back comes as fema is offering to fly thousand of storm victims to the u.s. mainland. here is david begnaud. >> six weeks after hurricane maria hit, 2200 people are still living in shelters. >> it is very sad. seeing the way it is hopeless. >> 74-year-old elsie ortiz sleeping on a cot in a gym for 41 days. >> it is hard. we make the best of it. everybody more or less. everybody gives them a hand. you know? >> the destruction is so vast, fema cannot find enough temporary housing or hotels on the island, so the only option is to organize an air lift. and fly people to the mainland. >> we have never done an air bridge before. >> fema's top officer. they aren't getting a lot of takers for the air lift. >> going out and doing, interviews in the shelters. that where people are still are. to see if they have an interest. so far we are seeing very low, low level of interest to take advantage thought of program. >> i don't think they're listening. >> but the florida congressman says his office has been overwhelmed with calls for people looking for help. some 140,

corps of engineers, with fema, and our assets on the ground. mrs. napolitano: do you have an estimate? mr. zamot: we don't have an estimate. mrs. napolitano: and the question i have is the additional wave of people of people going to the states. is the oversight board taking this into consideration? ms. jaresko: yes, madam, of course. one of the efforts in the fiscal plan development is to create an environment where people will be able to stay, receive the social support they need as families, whether that's a proper education, access to health care or living conditions. and so every effort is being made in the fiscal plan to ensure that the environment is such that people wish to stay at home and have the ability to stay at home as well as businesses staying to generate jobs. mrs. napolitano: but so far they haven't been because they don't have power. ms. jaresko: well, that certainly is the absolute number one critical problem for both people and businesses today. mrs. napolitano: then another question has to do with the documented deaths. what assistance has the federal g

can learn more about how that troubling agreement materialize. additionally fema issued a statement that had no involvement in the development of his contract and my question is why not? the federal government should being gauged in the contracting process of large-scale building contracts for which the taxpayers will foot the bill. the government needs to expedite power its efforts. simply put the trump administration needs to be doing more to do but can't get the power turned back on soon more people are going to die. this is a humanitarian crisis in our government owes it to the territories to do their thing he can to fix fix it fix it. while it's a most searching concern is also crucial that grid in puerto rico and the u.s. version of the rebuilt with more modern energy technology based on increased resiliency energy efficiency and renewable energy. it will cost taxpayers more money and did nothing to make doctors in puerto rico more reliable or affordable. as congress prepares the most -- next emergency spending bill was change the law to enable their building to occur in a way

filing a claim. >> reporter: clearly the checks can't be sent here. so fema said the fraudulent claimants pick a different address. they wait. they watch that mailbox and then when the fema check comes, they grab it before the person who actually lives at that address even knows it was there. people won't say exactly how many claims are fraudulent and like -- fema won't say exactly how many claims are fraudulent and likely won't know yet, but the agency has already handed out more than $4 million. >> is fema doing enough to protect these people? >> we're changing every day looking at every process we have. every single step of the way we're looking at every single process to try to stop it, but we're also trying to give out benefit to fire survivors. it's kind of a balance. >> reporter: and fema says local law enforcement in conjunction with federal law enforcement are already on the case looking into this, but they are also urging anyone who lives in one of these burned out areas to call this 1-800 number on the bottom of your screen right now, 1-800-621- fema. give them your i

the u.s. taxpayers. it should have been clear from the very beginning that fema and the u.s. government would pay on those contracts and it should have been done with mutual aid at cost. so we're going to get to the bottom of this. if it takes a long time. why? because we never want to see this happen again. we do not want be to a country where interests of the private sector are patrolling the u.s. economy, looking for a disaster and then saying i'm going to go in there and capitalize on it. people should read and understand case law. case law on price gouging was this very instance. in a blizzard in the northeast someone came in and tried to charge more for snow blowers. why? because they knew people to buy them. so we're not going to put up with this kind of move behavior in the united states of america. when people are in a crisis and a disaster, the u.s. government have had responded and said they would be there to restore it utility grid and do it at cost and thereby get the support. so we'll have lots of time for questions. there is a fundamental problem with removing

if you are in those low-lying areas. that's why you have fema and all that out there available. >> so, that's a question that i had. has there been designated as an official flood area? >> so, that's one of the things that we wanted to make sure that people are aware that these are flood prone areas and we are mapping it. we are doing a hundred-year flood prone map that we are planning to release and have everyone to understand that you are buying property or you own property in a low-lying area. >> but we haven't done that yet? >> we are working on it right now. that's one of the first things i wanted to do because when i was out there a year ago, a lot of folks said i just bought this house and i didn't know that it flooded. although it is a requirement for the seller to disclose apparently the person didn't disclose. so, we are trying to have mechanisms in place where buyers are aware of these areas. >> yeah, because you must -- if you are designated in a flood area, you must buy flood insurance in many cities. and i think -- i didn't know what the official designation was. i know

? la agencia federal para desastres, fema, dice que algunos alcaldes en puerto rico fueron negligentes a la hora de reaccionar con las ayudas despuÉs del paso del huracÁn marÍa. en repÚblica dominicana una niÑa de cuatro aÑos violada en estado crÍtico. eduardo: en filadelfia con temperaturas frescas de 51 grados a 56, quÉ nos depara el tiempo este fin de semana? aquÍ. en segundos. julio: buenas noches, bienvenidos. comenzamos con las noticias mÁs importantes. un par de familias y vecinos de un bloque en el sector de filadelfia estÁn de luto luego de la violenta muerte de una pareja hispana, se sospecha fue un asesinato-suicidio. casi 20 aÑos juntos eran bien unidos, tenÍan varios hijos, hasta con planes para pronto casarse, pero todo eso terminÓ. ahora sólo quedan mÁs preguntas que respuestas para actos familiares y vecinos. los familiares de la fallecida pareja, identificados como rafael ruiz y virginia torres, hoy sÓlo pueden abrazarse, para consolarse, ambos eran puertorriqueÑos. en la investigaciÓn criminal murieron anoche en lo que se sospecha un ase

line shut down. the setback comes as fema is offering to fly thousands of storm victims to the u.s. mainland. here's david begnaud. >> reporter: six weeks after hurricane maria hit, 2200 people are still living in shelters. >> it's very sad seeing the way i am so helpless. >> reporter: 74-year-old elise ortiz has been sleeping on a cot in a gymnasium for 41 days. >> it's hard, but we make the best of it. everybody more or less they give-- everybody gives a hand, you know. >> reporter: the destruction is so vast, fema cannot find enough temporary housing or hotels on the island, so the only option is to organize an airlift and fly people to the mainland. >> we have never done an that before. >> reporter: mikey byrne is fema's top officer here. surprisingly, he said they aren't getting a lot of takers for the airlift. >> we're actually going out and doing, you know, interviews in the shelter, where people still are to see if they have an interest. and so far we're seeing a very low level of interest to take advantage of that program. >> well, i don't think they're really listening. >

a oversight board and fema and the army core of engineer. all four of them have to work together, otherwise it is simply chaos. this cannot be an adverse aerial situation and what we're going to do today is making sure that we have it tools necessary to see that go if to fruition. the it board is not going to go away until their job happens to be finished at some particular time. we're not going to ascribe blame. our goal is to fix it problem and help the people. the problem is in puerto rico and the virgin islands are too serious to try to make headlines. we owe the citizens more than tat. last week or yesterday for had graves came back from puerto rico with representative gonzales. 10 days ago there was five of us that went down there. mr. denim, torres, brown, and mr. gonzales, along with the majority leader and minority whip to see first hand what is happening down there in the virgin islands and puerto rico. it's very clear that the devastation and suffering is sobering. and that it is real. what was the positive aspect is even though their homes are broken, their spirits ar

-waters act with former representative judy biggert. and in 2014, when fema's botched implementation of the premium laweases called for in that led to unintended consequences, lawmakers from across the aisle joined me once again to pass the homeowner flood insurance affordability act. unfortunately despite the best efforts of members from both sides of the aisle, i cannot support h.r. 2874, because it contains many provisions that will harm american families and businesses. first and most importantly, the bill makes flood insurance more expensive. this bill will punish low and middle class americans with increased premiums, surcharges and reserve fund assessments. in the wake of a historic hurricane season that devastated so many communities, it is unconscionable that we are considering a bill that would make flood insurance less affordable. we should be focusing on providing additional disaster relief and recovery after these devastating storms, not punishing these communities with higher premiums and surcharge. it is clear that there are those who choose to live near the coast as a lu

interesting what you are saying about the water versus the coat. there was a controversy over what fema was bringing to the island of puerto rico versus what you are serving. you were serving fresh fruits and saying we would never serve chips and what fema was bringing in were cheeses, chocolate pudding, vienna sausages. the mayor of san juan was calling them out for it. i think there is an interesting comparison between those two things. luckily, your signed a $10 million contract with fema as i understand to serve good meals, twomeals for the next weeks. correct me if i am wrong. >> i do not even know what i find with fema. [laughter] >> i can imagine you have had a busy month. >> we were many millions in the red. $300,000 ording $400,000. the only thing we did was feed people. when they say fema has a contract, it almost looks very wrong. i will let even said -- and i said, what? [laughter] >> i am there on my own time and i pay for my own cigars in my own room. the water issue, which is has plenty oft sweetwater places across the island. many of them were working. because those two

victims. they are claiming fema benefits belonging to thousands of wild fire victims. this woman realized she was a victim of not just the fire but fraud. her animal hospital burned to the ground she was told when filing for aid that somebody used her social security number to claim her benefits. that put her claim and the hospital at risk. >> the uncertainty and unknowing is difficulty. where is the practice going end up being? and where is the fema money going? >> with thousands of fire victims caught in the same scam, some helped fema get on track for aid, and fema said they have locked thousands of fraudulent claims and promise to contact the real victims to file the legitimate claims hopefully soon. >>> stay tuned more coverage of the north bay wildfires coming up. the i-team will show you how firefighters were able to use a strikingly similar wild fire from decades ago to help them fight the flames. >> new at 11:00 the sky is lighter after a big celebration, two light installations honoring harvey milk beamed in honor of him. we have the story. >> reporter: first came half

chef josÉ andrés responde ante crÍticas de fema que su trabajo en puerto rico no fue por caridad sino porque fue bien remodelado por el gobierno federal. me gustarÍa escuchar sus reacciones. >> no quiero contestar esas palabras porque fema ayer por la tarde, incluso esta maÑana en varios medios de puerto rico y estados unidos ya han dicho que al final hicimos un muy buen trabajo. creo que la persona que dijo esto no tenÍa toda la informaciÓn con Él. es normal. fema es un mundo muy grande. ellos simplemente nos ofrecieron dos organizaciones, ya tenÍamos las donaciones que recibimos por medio de donaciones privadas. comenzamos a dar miles de comidas por todo puerto rico. en menos de una semana ya vimos como unas 25.000. nosotros querÍamos dar de comer a mÁs gente porque la necesidad era muy grande. la ayuda federal para dar de comer sucediÓ a travÉs de muchas organizaciones. llegamos a darles de comer a mÁs de 150.000 personas. javier: es verde a que usted cobrÓ por lo que hizo puerto rico? >> la respuesta es no. soy un ciudadano mÁs que voy a estos sitios durante much

more worry for victims trying to recover from the wine country wildfires. >> fema said it's seen a big spike in fraudulent claims for disaster money. kpix5's emily turner is live for us in santa rosa with how criminals are now cashing in. >> reporter: it's a one-two punch for folks who literally have lost everything. all they have is their identity and everything they left their houses with. now their identity is in jeopardy because of this. it is the worst fire in california history and now the wipe country wildfires are -- wine country wildfires are facing another superlative thanks to the fraudulent fema claims. >> historically about 1% of all claim goes through, some type of fraudulent process, we're catching it. for some reason we're seeing a big increase in fraudulent claims for this disaster. >> reporter: it's more than double what they saw after katrina and they aren't sure why it's happening, but they do know how. in order for someone to file a claim they have to have the name, social security number and numerical address of a burned out house, right? >> and their telephon