WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The House Homeland Security Committee issued the following news release:
February 15, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology Chairman Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY) delivered the following opening statement in a hearing to examine threats to fire safety, specifically the threats posed by lithium-ion batteries.
Watch Chairman D'Esposito's opening statement in a hearing entitled, "Examining Fire Hazards: Lithium-Ion Batteries and Other Threats to Fire Safety."
As prepared for delivery:
I want to begin by thanking our witnesses for testifying before the Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee. In today's hearing, we will examine the fire hazards...