United States House Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina

The Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina was the House of Representatives' congressional committee investigating the United States Government's failure to respond appropriately to Hurricane Katrina.

The committee was directed to cease 30 days after releasing its final report. That report was released February 15, 2006.

Members

Despite the committee's name, it actually did not operate on a bipartisan basis. The committee was to have 20 members, with 11 members from the Republican majority and 9 members from the Democratic minority. However, Democrats did not to appoint any members to the committee.^[1]

Majority	Minority
Tom Davis, Chairman, Virginia Hal Rogers, Kentucky Chris Shays, Connecticut Henry Bonilla, Texas Steve Buyer, Indiana Sue Myrick, North Carolina Mac Thornberry, Texas Kay Granger, Texas Chip Pickering, Mississippi Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania Jeff Miller, Florida	Not appointed

See also

• Criticism of government response to Hurricane Katrina

External links

• http://katrina.house.gov/

References

1. Schneider, Judy (February 21, 2006). "Ad Hoc Select Committees: Use in the House of Representatives" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-12.