Federal, state and local officials will testify before the committee on a variety of housing, public assistance and other aid programs intended to help the region battered by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.   Included in the field subcommittee are U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., Homeland Security Disaster Recovery Subcommittee Chairman, U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman , U.S. Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill., Homeland Security Committee member and U.S. Senator David Vitter, R-La

Scheduled witnesses representing federal agencies are: Donald E. Powell, Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding; Steven C. Preston , Small Business Administration Administrator; Pamela H. Patenaude, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Gil H. Jamieson, Deputy Director for Gulf Coast Recovery, Federal Emergency Management Agency; and Gregory D. Kutz, Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations Unit, Government Accountability Office

Scheduled witnesses representing Louisiana agencies are: C. Ray Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans; Walter J. Leger Jr., Chairman of the Housing and Redevelopment Task Force, Louisiana Recovery Authority, an organization created by Governor Kathleen Blanco; and Suzanne T. Mestayer, Chairman of the Board, Greater New Orleans, Inc.