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	Press Releases June 16, 2006   LIEBERMAN SAYS NRP CONCLUSION IS NOT SURPRISING Questions Administration Plans to Achieve Federal Catasrophic Preparedness   Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., issued the following statement Friday on the Administration’s Nationwide Plan Review, Phase 2 Report: “The conclusion of this report is not surprising. It is a conclusion we have known for some time and a conclusion Chairman Collins and I reached definitively after our investigation into the government’s preparations for and response to Hurricane Katrina. That is why we have proposed reinventing the Federal Emergency Management Agency so that it can respond effectively to a catastrophe. “We know the nation is unprepared for a catastrophe – at all levels of government. What we don’t know is what this Administration plans to do about it. Certainly, the Administration’s policy of reducing homeland security grants to states, including grants for emergency planning, is not the way. “I will also continue to work with Chairman Collins – by whatever means are available – to provide state and local officials with the funding and resources they need to develop systematic and coordinated plans for large scale catastrophes, such as Hurricane Katrina, or a terrorist attack.”   ###   Printable Version   « previous Press Release next Press Release »   1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 June 2006 Press Releases May   |  July   --   2005   |  2007     June 30 - Collins, Lieberman Seek to Address Government Fraud   June 29 - Dodd, Lieberman Help Secure Additional $4 Million for Coast Guard Research and Development Lab   June 29 - Lieberman Says DHS Infrastructure Protection Plan Not Enough   June 28 - Lieberman Speaks on Introduction of Bill to Reinvent FEMA   June 27 - Collins, Lieberman Seek Greater Funding To Protect Transit, Rail and Ports   June 27 - Lieberman Says Appeals Court Decision Reaffirms Opposition To DHS Personnel Changes   June 23 - Lieberman Demands Greater Information Security For DHS Trusted Traveler Programs   June 20 - Lieberman Welcomes Reversal of FEMA Trailer Evictions   June 20 - Democrats Seek Oversight of Iraqi Reconstruction Contracts   June 19 - Lieberman Says Federal Efforts to Ensure Diversity Must Improve   June 16 current Press Release   June 16 - Senators Collins, Lieberman, Coleman and Murray Call on Chertoff to Issue Transporation and Port Security Grant Guidance   June 15 - Senate Homeland SEcurity Committee Unanimously Passes Collins-Lieberman Chemical Security Legislation   June 15 - Lieberman Heralds Advancement Of Chemical Security Bill   June 14 - Lieberman Leads Defeat of Industry's Preemption Amendment to the Chemical Security Bill   June 14 - Lieberman Says Disaster Aid Abuse Underscores Need For A Reinvented FEMA   June 14 - Lieberman Calls for Investigation of the Appearance of Widespread Censorship by the Administration on Climate Change Research   June 9 - Some Katrina Victims Get a Break on Unemployment Benefits   June 9 - NASA Admits Wrongdoing in Not Allowing Top Scientist to Discuss Climate Change Research   June 8 - Senate Homeland Security Committee Holds Hearing on Where FEMA Belongs   June 8 - Lieberman Calls for Reinvention, Strengthening of FEMA   June 6 - Lieberman Assails GOP for Refusing to Extend Unemployment Benefits for 2005 Hurricane Victims
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