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Hearing Hearing Date: May 13, 2015 2:00 pm 2154 Rayburn House Office Building

The EMP Threat: The State of Preparedness Against the Threat of an Electromagnetic Pulse Event

Subject
The EMP Threat: The State of Preparedness Against the Threat of an Electromagnetic Pulse Event
Date
May 13, 2015
Time
2:00 pm
Place
2154 Rayburn House Office Building

HEARING PURPOSE:
The hearing will educate Congress and the public about an EMP threat and encourage the Department of Homeland Security to lead an inter-agency protection effort.

HEARING BACKGROUND:
Though Congress has created multiple commissions to improve protections against an EMP threat, the electrical grid remains under-prepared. Fallout from an EMP event could include months of power loss, affecting basic necessities and resulting in loss of life.

Witnesses and testimonies: Dr. George Baker

Professor Emeritus
James Madison University

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Peter Vincent Pry

Executive Director
Task Force on National and Homeland Security

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Mike Caruso

Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security
Government and Specialty Business Development, ETS-Lindgren

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Trent Franks

Congressman
Arizona's 8th District

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