SmarterSafer.org to unveil new disaster assistance framework to protect American families, taxpayers and the environment
The federal government continues to address natural disasters after they occur in an ad-hoc, one-off, inadequately coordinated way. The result is that disaster-funding decisions are made with insufficient time and political will to weigh concerns about long-term safety, mitigation and resiliency. Disaster preparedness and assistance should not be political. Federal resources should be used to reduce risk to Americans in high-risk areas, avoid harming natural buffers to storms, and protect taxpayers from wasteful and inefficient spending.
Who: Steve Ellis, vice president, Taxpayers for Common Sense
Matt Gannon, assistant vice president, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
R.J. Lehmann, senior fellow and public affairs director, R Street Institute
Joshua Saks, legislative director, National Wildlife Federation
John Seebach, senior director of federal river management, American Rivers
When: 11 a.m. EST; Thursday, Jan. 31
Dial in: (800) 977-8002; Direct dial (404) 920-6550; Code: 4634362#
Contact: Matt Englehart at (202) 415-5313
