Full Committee Hearing

Recovering from Superstorm Sandy: Rebuilding Our Infrastructure

Date:   Thursday, December 20, 2012 Time:   11:00 AM

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COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing entitled “Recovering from Superstorm Sandy: Rebuilding Our Infrastructure.” The witnesses on Panel I will be: The Honorable Peter Rogoff, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration; and Ms. Yolanda Chavez, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The witnesses on Panel II will be: Mr. James Weinstein, Executive Director, New Jersey Transit; Mr. Thomas Prendergast, President, MTA New York City Transit, Metropolitan Transportation Authority; and Mr. Patrick Foye, Executive Director, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Additional witnesses may be announced.

Witnesses

Witness Panel 1

  1. Ms. Yolanda Chavez
    Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs
    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  2. Mr. Peter M. Rogoff
    Federal Transit Administrator-Designate
    U.S. Federal Transit Administration

Witness Panel 2

  1. Mr. Patrick Foye
    Executive Director
    Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
  2. Mr. Thomas Prendergast
    President, MTA New York City Transit
    Metropolitan Transportation Authority
  3. Mr. James Weinstein
    Executive Director
    New Jersey Transit