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PRESS RELEASES
Sen. Sweeney and State Trooper President Jones Receive "American Hero" Award
June 23, 2009

Members of the Assembly Financial Institutions Committee; on behalf of ALL ProtectingNewJersey.org coalition members
January 18, 2006

New Jersey: Exposed and Unprepared
July 12, 2006

Catastrophe Experts Urge Congress to Move Forward with Comprehensive Disaster Plan
August 24, 2010

Catastrophe Experts Praise Bipartisan Efforts to Prepare and Protect American Families
April 27, 2010

Catastrophe Experts Call for Quick Action on Catastrophe Protection
March 10, 2010

Minorities and Poor Americans Most Vulnerable to Hurricanes: A Demographic Analysis of Catastrophe-Prone Areas
December 10, 2009

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Calls for Tougher Building Codes
November 18, 2009

Catastrophe Experts Stress Urgency for Senate-approved Commission; Catastrophe commission needs to act quickly, before the next one strikes
May 13, 2008

America’s Mayors Join the Call for National Catastrophe Fund US Conference of Mayors to Congress: We Need a CAT Plan
June 26, 2007

Homeowners Poised to Annually Save $11.6 Billion if Catastrophe Protections Enacted
May 14, 2007

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COVERAGE
Catastrophe Insurance Measure Offers Some Calm After a Storm


James Lee Witt talks about protecting New Jersey ahead of catastrophe on WCBS-880 News in New York


Amid a fury of construction, a grace of hurricane quiet
Philadelphia Inquirer

N.J. residents vulnerable to hurricane hits
Home News Tribune

What if it happened here?
Star-Ledger

ProtectingAmerica.org co-chair Admiral James Loy speaks to MSNBC about hurricanes before Katrina's five-year anniversary.


ProtectingAmerica.org Executive Director Robert Porter discusses the need for a national catastrophe fund on News Radio 970 WFLA-AM in Tampa Bay, Florida.


ProtectingAmerica.org Charter Member James Dalessandro talks about the threat of the New Madrid Fault on WKRN in Nashville, Tennessee


James Lee Witt discusses the 1906 Earthquake and preparation for future catastrophes on a Clear Channel special broadcast (KQKE-AM & KNEW-AM, San Francisco; KSTE-AM, Sacramento).


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EVENTS
ProtectingNewJersey.org Launch Event


New Madrid Awareness Tour


ProtectingAmerica.org Launch Event


ProtectingCalifornia.org Announcement Event


COALITION MEMBER NEWS
Operation HOPE joins ProtectingAmerica.org
February 24, 2006

James Dalessandro's The Damnedest, Finest Ruins opens a one-week run, August 15th through August 21st in downtown Los Angeles


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OTHER
Newsday Editorial: Federal fund would prepare us for the Big One




JAMES LEE WITT, National Co-Chair
Former Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Former Chief Executive Officer, International Code Council

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ADMIRAL JAMES M. LOY, National Co-Chair
Former Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired)