Assessing the Federal Government’s COVID-19 Relief and Response Efforts and Its Impact

Hearing

Date: Thursday, July 29, 2021 Time: 11:00 AM Location: 2167 Rayburn House Office Building and virtually
Agenda

The hearing will examine the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts to provide oversight of that response, areas for improvement, and the impact of pandemic relief efforts on the transportation and infrastructure sectors and their workers.

Witnesses
Panel I - The Honorable Michael E. Horowitz
Chair
Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
Panel I - Ms. Heather Krause
Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues
Government Accountability Office
Panel I - Mr. Chris Currie
Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues
Government Accountability Office
Panel I - The Honorable Eric J. Soskin
Inspector General
Department of Transportation
Panel I - Mr. James Izzard
Assistant Inspector General for Investigations
Department of Homeland Security
Panel II - Mr. Paul Skoutelas
President & CEO
American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
Mr. Juan Ortiz
Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, City of Austin, Texas -- on behalf of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM)
Dr. Michael J. Boskin
T.M. Friedman Professor of Economics and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Dr. Wendy Edelberg, PhD
Director, The Hamilton Project
The Brookings Institution
Mr. John Samuelsen
Transport Workers Union of America (TWU)