Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Requests Extensive Government Documents For Hurricane Katrina Investigation

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Requests Extensive Government Documents For Hurricane Katrina Investigation

The following press release was published by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Sept. 29, 2005. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON, DC-As part of the Committee’s investigation into Hurricane Katrina, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman have requested an extensive list of government documents related to planning for and response to the hurricane. Senators Collins and Lieberman have requested documents from the States of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, FEMA, the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Commerce. Copies of the document requests are posted on the Committee’s website: www.hsgac.senate.gov.

Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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