HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE: Emergency Preparedness, Select SUBCOMMITTEE: Border Security, Health and Schools TIME & DATE: 10:30 AM, Friday, September 17, 2010 PLACE: Dallas, Texas CHAIR: Rep. Allen Vaught Location: Jack Evans Police Headquarters 2nd Floor Media Conference Room 1400 S. Lamar Street Dallas, Texas 75215 The House Select Committee on Emergency Preparedness, subcommittee on Border Security, Health and School Centered Emergencies will hear testimony from invited witnesses with expertise in disaster planning, response and mitigation. Witness testimony will focus on transnational criminal activity, pandemic response, school preparedness, surge capacity issues and the co-ordination of state and local planning.