The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development held a hearing July 30, called “The Flood Insurance Claims Process in Communities After Sandy: Lessons Learned and Potential Improvements.” (Via PIA National)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today in the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) questioned Roy E. Wright, the Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on why bad actors such as U.S. Forensic and attorney Gerald Nielsen continue to receive flood recovery dollars from the government. (Via Sen. John Kennedy)

Today, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) sent a letter to the new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William B. Long, raising concerns over the agency’s lack of action in resolving flood insurance claims from Superstorm Sandy. He asked that the agency take swift action on behalf of those who have suffered from documented, widespread fraud perpetrated by private insurance companies in the aftermath of the storm. (Via Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr)

6 US Senators write to FEMA to express deep concern about the treatment of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders as recently reported by CBS News. (Via Kristen Gillibrand Senate Website)

After weeks of criticism from Superstorm Sandy victims, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has reversed course and agreed to a series of flood-insurance reforms that advocates say should benefit victims. The reforms, announced Friday by Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker, along with Reps. Frank Pallone and Bill Pascrell Jr., all Democrats, have been agreed to by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate. (Via USA Today)