Nearly a year after the devastation of Hurricane Ian, the House Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Federal Workforce is holding a hearing on the response to the storm.

The storm handicapped much of southwestern Florida when it made landfall in September 2022 and tore its way through central Florida. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the subcommittee, says nearly a year after the hurricane, the federal response needs to be scrutinized.

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“Hurricane Ian’s dangerous winds and catastrophic storm surge devastated Southwest Florida. This is the third costliest weather disaster on record and rebuilding could take up to a decade. We owe it to American taxpayers and Southwest Floridians to examine the federal response to this deadly hurricane and identify how we can improve disaster response moving forward," Sessions said in a statement.

"We look forward to hearing from both federal and local officials about the federal response to the devastation that occurred in their communities,” he added.

The subcommittee of the House Oversight Committee is expected to hear from two panels of witnesses for the hearing. One will involve witnesses from the federal government, and one will consist of local officials.

The first panel includes Brett Howard and Thomas McCool, federal coordinating officers at FEMA for Hurricane Ian, along with Francisco Sanchez, Jr., associate administrator for the office of disaster recovery and resilience in the Small Business Administration, and Marion McFadden, principal deputy assistant secretary for community planning and development at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The second panel includes Lee County Board of Commissioners chairman Brian Hamman; Chauncey Goss, a resident of Sanibel, Florida; and Fort Myers Mayor Kevin Anderson.

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Hurricane Ian is estimated to have caused $112.9 billion in damage in the United States, and $109.5 billion of that damage occurred in the Sunshine State, according to the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. from Lakes Regional Library in Fort Myers, Florida.