Howard Berman: “My amendment, which I am showing both to the chair and ranking members of this subcommittee, would simply ensure that…”

“My amendment, which I am showing both to the chair and ranking members of this subcommittee, would simply ensure that certain FEMA disaster funds related to the 1994 Northridge earthquake are used in a fair and appropriate manner. After the quake and at the behest of a great deal of effort by the gentleman from California, the chairman of the subcommittee, FEMA created the Seismic Hazard Mitigation Program for hospitals, a program which was intended to rebuild and improve seismic performance of damaged hospitals. FEMA allocated 68 million under this program to the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Panorama City which provides emergency room services and inpatient care for thousands of families.”