Hearing
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