WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released the following opening remarks from a Nov. 19, 2024, hearing entitled "In the Eye of the Storm: Oversight of FEMA's Disaster Readiness and Response". FEMA is the Federal Emergency Management Agency. * * * This hearing comes at a critical time. We are being told a supplemental appropriations bill is needed after Congress recently appropriated $20 billion to the Disaster   more