NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate today met with state and local officials in Louisiana to discuss the region's ongoing recovery from Hurricane Katrina. Fugate joined Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan for a field hearing before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery on the status of the recovery, and then toured New Orleans with FEMA Regional Administrator Tony Russell to see some of the progress on the ground. Fugate visited St. Bernard Parish on Wednesday and is scheduled to visit Mississippi on Friday. FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich and other Administration officials are also scheduled to visit the region this week to mark the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Sunday, August 29.
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