{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://tokuda.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-tokuda-question-officials-maui-wildfires-congressional-hearing", "Rep. Tokuda to Question Officials in Maui Wildfires Congressional Hearing", "2024-09-03", "2024", "2024-09", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Jill N. Tokuda", "T000487", "tokuda.house.gov", "tokuda", "https://tokuda.house.gov/media/press-releases?PageNum_rs=6&", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Today, U.S. Representative Jill Tokuda (HI-02) announced that she will join the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce in a field hearing in Lahaina next week to take a closer look at the federal issues and improvements needed to help Maui continue to rebuild following last year\u2019s August wildfires.\n\nDuring the one-day hearing titled \u201cAssessing the Federal Government\u2019s Response to the 2023 Maui Wildfires,\u201d Rep. Tokuda is expected to question local, state, and federal officials about the lessons learned, assess congressional action that can better support the community, and determine any changes that may be needed moving forward.\n\nWitnesses will include:\n\nMr. Bob Fenton, Regional Administrator (Region 9), Federal Emergency Management Agency\n\nColonel Eric Swenson, Recovery Field Office Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers\n\nMr. Francisco S\u00e1nchez, Jr, Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience, Small Business Administration\n\nMs. Cheree Peterson, Deputy Regional Administrator (Region 9), Environmental Protection Agency\n\nThe Honorable Richard Bissen, Mayor, County of Maui\n\nMajor General Kenneth Hara, Adjutant General, Hawai\u2018i Department of Defense\n\nMs. Lauren Nahme, Senior Vice President of the Maui Recovery Office, Hawai\u2018i Community Foundation\n\nMr. Sne Patel, President LahainaTown Action Committee\n\nMr. Ke\u02bbeaumoku Kapu, President and CEO, N\u0101 \u02bbAik\u0101ne o Maui\n\nWhat: Assessing the Federal Government\u2019s Response to the 2023 Maui Wildfires\n\nWhen: September 4, 2024\n\n10 a.m. HST\n\nWhere: Lahaina Civic Center (Social Hall)\n\n840 Honoapiilani Hwy\n\nLahaina, HI 96761\n\nHow: The hearing will be open to the public and media and livestreamed\n\nat https://oversight.house.gov/", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:43:57Z"]], "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://tokuda.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-tokuda-question-officials-maui-wildfires-congressional-hearing"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7526366971433163, "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"}