{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressional-hurricane-maria-conference-agenda-panelists-keynote-speaker", "Congressional Hurricane Maria Conference Agenda, Panelists, & Keynote Speaker Announced", "2018-09-18", "2018", "2018-09", "Democrat", "House", "MS", "Bennie G. Thompson", "T000193", "benniethompson.house.gov", "benniethompson", "https://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "September 17, 2018 (WASHINGTON) \u2013 This Thursday, September 20th, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security,\n\nRep. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez (D-NY), Ranking Member of the Committee on Small Business,\n\nand Rep. Ra\u00fal M. Grijalva (D-AZ), Ranking Member of the Committee on Natural Resources, will sponsor a Congressional conference on Hurricane Maria marking one year since the catastrophic storm made landfall on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The conference will feature three expert panel presentations from non-governmental organizations, private sector organizations, and academia. The conference will be an opportunity to hear from experts on Hurricane Maria's impact, explore how the Federal government can improve its response and recovery efforts, and remember those who lost their lives in the storm.\n\nKeynote Speaker:\n\nEvelyn Lozada\n\nTelevision Personality, Businesswoman and Founder of the Evelyn Lozada Foundation\n\nPanel 1: Beyond Government: Resources Assisting Response Efforts\n\nTiffany Cross, Co-Founder & Managing Editor, The Beat DC (Moderator)\n\nKellie Bentz, Head of Global Disaster Response and Relief, Airbnb\n\nGina Adams, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, FedEx (TBD)\n\nAngelique Sina, Co-Founder & President, Friends of Puerto Rico\n\nNate Mook, Executive Director, World Central Kitchen\n\nJos\u00e9 Calder\u00f3n, President, Hispanic Federation\n\nPanel 2: Helping Vulnerable Communities Weather the Storm\n\nGretchen Sierra-Zorita, MPA, Public Policy and Communications Strategist (Moderator)\n\nIrwin Redlener, MD, Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University\n\nJeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA, Deputy Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University\n\nCasey Harrity, MPA, Senior Director, Humanitarian Programs, Save the Children\n\nAnnelle Primm, MD, MPH, Chair and Convener, All Healers Mental Health Alliance\n\nMarcie Roth, Chief Executive Officer, Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies\n\nAlejandra Y. Castillo, Esq., Chief Executive Officer, YWCA USA\n\nPanel 3: Looking to the Future\n\nFederico de Jes\u00fas, MA, Principal, FDJ Solutions (Moderator)\n\nEnrique Fern\u00e1ndez Toledo, Director, Puerto Rico Relief and Economic Policy, Center for American Progress\n\nBarbara Lyons, PhD, Senior Vice President, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation\n\nDiane Yentel, MS, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Low Income Housing Coalition\n\nCarmen Orozco-Acosta, PhD, Senior Policy Advisor, US Domestic Program, Oxfam America\n\nAlice Thomas, JD, Climate Displacement Program Manager, Refugees International\n\nThe Hurricane Maria Conference: Reflecting on Catastrophe and Preparing for the Future\n\nThursday, September 20, 2018\n\n9:30am- 2:00pm\n\nCapitol Visitor Center Room HVC-215\n\nU.S. Capitol, Washington, DC\n\nRSVP: E-mail CHSDemPress@mail.house.gov\n\nConference webpage for updated details and streaming info\n\nAlthough Members will be sponsoring and hosting this event to inform stakeholders and the policymaking community, they will not be in Washington for the conference.\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:06:18Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://benniethompson.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressional-hurricane-maria-conference-agenda-panelists-keynote-speaker"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4172648079693317, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}