HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Emergency Preparedness, Select
TIME & DATE:
11:00 AM, Friday, June 18, 2010
PLACE:
Houston, Texas
CHAIR:
Rep. Aaron Pena
 
The Select Committee on Emergency Preparedness will convene in room 351 of
the George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida de las Americas
Houston, TX 77010.
 
The Committee will hear testimony from invited witnesses with expertise
regarding emergency preparedness in major urban and industrial areas.
 
Testimony will focus on how critical infrastructure entities, law
enforcement and emergency planners prepare for major industrial accidents
and homeland security threats relating to transnational criminal
activity.
 
In addition, the committee will hear testimony from the Texas Railroad
Commission and the Texas General Land Office regarding the ongoing
Deepwater Horizon oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and any potential
consequences for Texas.