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Democratic Leaders Ask GAO to Oversee Gulf Coast Reconstruction
FEMA Predicted a “Catastrophic Hurricane” Could Strike New Orleans and Cause a “Mega-Disaster”
Rep. Waxman Requests Investigation of Greenhouse Dismissal
Rep. Waxman Renews Request for Investigation of Anti-Semitic Comments at Guantanamo Bay

Democratic Leaders Ask GAO to Oversee Gulf Coast Reconstruction
Rep. Waxman, Democratic Leader Pelosi, and other senior Democrats request that GAO Comptroller General David M. Walker immediately establish a team of experienced auditors and investigators to monitor in real time the contracts and spending for the recovery, relief, and reconstruction of the Gulf Coast.

FEMA Predicted a "Catastrophic Hurricane" Could Strike New Orleans and Cause a "Mega-Disaster"
A letter to Secretary Chertoff from Ranking Member Waxman and Chairman Davis describes documents from the Department of Homeland Security that show that FEMA was aware in 2004 that a "catastrophic hurricane" could hit New Orleans and "trap hundreds of thousands of people in flooded areas and leave up to one million people homeless." FEMA officials wrote: "the gravity of the situation calls for an extraordinary level of advance planning."

Rep. Waxman Requests Investigation of Greenhouse Dismissal
Rep. Waxman and Sens. Dorgan and Lautenberg write to Secretary Rumsfeld to request an investigation into the demotion of high-ranking Army Corps of Engineer official Bunnatine Greenhouse who publicly criticized the Pentagon's awarding of a no-bid contract to Halliburton.

Rep. Waxman Renews Request for Investigation of Anti-Semitic Comments at Guantanamo Bay
In a letter to the Defense Department Inspector General, Rep. Waxman again calls for an independent investigation into allegations that U.S. interrogators at Guantanamo Bay made anti-Semitic remarks to detainees about their attorneys.


p.s. I am sick and tired of Dems "asking". We need the house back!

[melissinha]

1. Waxman is great

Him and the Congressional Black Caucus, what a Dream Team.