Witnesses 
Panel 1 
Craig Fugate
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Rand Beers
Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and Programs Directorate

Witnessess
Kathryn D. Sullivan
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
James Rivera
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Assistance, U.S. Small Business Administration 
David C. Trimble

Witnesses
John Anderson
Seismological Society of America
John Ebel
Director, Weston Observatory, Boston College
Mike Pool
Deputy Director, Bureau of Reclamation
Accompanied by
David Applegate
Associate Director of Natural Hazards, United States Geological Survey

Witnesses:
David Kennedy
Assistant Administrator, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
Cari Thomas
Director of Response Policy, United States Coast Guard

Witnesses:
Murray Hitzman
Chairman, Committee on Induced Seismicity Potential in Energy Technologies, National Research Council 
Professor of Economic Geology, Colorado School of Mines
Bill Leith
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake & Geologic Hazards, U.S. Geological Survey
Susan Petty

Witnesses:
Roger Pulwarty
Director, National Integrated Drought Information System, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
J.D. Strong
Executive Director, Oklahoma Water Resources Board
James Famiglietti
Professor and Director, Earth Systems Science, University of California-Irvine

Witnesses
The Honorable Ken Salazar
Secretary, Department of the Interior

David Hayes
Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior

Pamela Haze
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, Finance, Performance and Acquisition, Department of the Interior

 

Witnesses
The Honorable Ken Salazar
Secretary, Department of the Interior

David Hayes
Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior

Pamela Haze
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, Finance, Performance and Acquisition, Department of the Interior

 

Witness:
John Holdren
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy

 

Committee Members Present:
Ralph Hall (R-TX), Chair
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX), Ranking Member
Randy Hultgren (R-IL)
Steven Palazzo (R-MS)
Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
Judy Biggert (R-IL)
Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Mo Brooks (R-AL)

Witnesses
Dr. Parrish Staples 
Director, Office of European and African Threat Reduction, Global Threat Reduction, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy 
Mr. Roy W. Brown
Federal Affairs Senior Director, The Council on Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals (CORAR)