Good morning these subcommittee will now come to order, the subcommittees meeting to hear testimony on hr 20 4 20 yeah the National Museum of the american latino act. On, Committee Rule 4f, any Opening Statements and hearings are limited to the chair and ranking minority members. Therefore i ask unanimous consent that all of her members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the course by 5 00 p. M. Today. The hearing no objections, so ordered. In addition to the broad interest in todays hearing i would like to ask unanimous consent and all interested members to join us and participate. And before we get started, i would like to take a point of personal privilege and have a moment of. For our friend, our colleague, defender of justice and equality, and humanity, mr. Elijah cummings. Thank you all so much. Thank you for attending the subcommittee on National Park forest and public land. Legislating hearing on the National Museum of the american la
Im going morning. The subcommittee on National Parks forest and public lands will now come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on hr 2420, the National Museum of the american latino act. On Committee Rule for is, any Opening Statements and hearings are limited to the chair and ranking minority members. Therefore i ask unanimous consent that all of her members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the course by 5 00 p. M. Today. The hearing no objections, so ordered. In addition to the broad interest in todays hearing i would like to ask unanimous consent and all interested members to join us and participate. And before we get started, i would like to take a point of personal privilege and have a moment of. [silence] for our friend, our colleague, defender of justice and equality, and humidity mr. Elijah cummings. [background sounds] thank you all so much. Thank you for attending the subcommittee on National Forest and p
What that means now in the policy and the security space. Im excited to have an excellent panel to talk about that. Weve got heather conley, our vice president. We have john. We have sara glasser, the Deputy Director of secure fisheries and amy lair, the director of our human rights initiative. Thank you to the panel, and im going to sit down and be quiet and turn it over to my excellent panel, and well start off with heather. Thank you so much. Good morning, everyone. I think the arctic is the best place to talk about that intersection of climate stress and security. And in many ways the arctic is telling us, actually, both polar regions are telling us theyre under the most dramatic stress as the arctic certainly is warming two to three times faster than any place on the planet. And in many ways we are now dealing with a very new ocean. In fact, our former coast guard commandant called the arctic americas fourth coast. I thought that was a powerful way of thinking about it in part bec
Climate on oceans, Marine Biodiversity and human populations living in vulnerable areas. I appreciate it andthanks to our first panel. Ive enjoyed the conversation. I think were going to pick up on the end of that conversation around this idea of the Dynamic World and what that means now in the policy and security space so im excited to have an excellent panel to talk about that. Heatherconley , John Mimikakis was Vice President for oceans Environmental Defense fund, there was director of fisheries and amy lehr who is the director of the Human Rights Initiative so think the panel and im going to sit down and be quiet and handed over to my panel and we will start off. Thank you so much, good morning. I think the arctic is a tough place to talk about. The intersection of climate stress and security. And in many ways, the arctic is telling us, actually most polar regions are telling us they are under the most dramatic stress as the arctic certainly is warming 2 to 3 times faster than any
Protecting the nations Transportation Systems. This morning we reflect on a somber day in american history. It was exactly 18 years ago that terrorists turned civilian aircraft into weapons, killing nearly 3000 americans and injuring thousands more. Today, we honor the memories of those who perished, and those First Responders who ran into harms way to help their fellow citizens. The tragedy of 9 11 led to the creation of the Transportation Security Administration. Tsa. Within the new department of Homeland Security. Tsa is charged with protecting our nations Transportation Systems from attacks and ensuring freedom of movement of people in commerce. Acting deputy administration, administrator, Patricia Cogswell is here to update the committee on tsas prime achieving these goals. Americas air, land, and marine Transportation Systems are designed for accessibility and efficiency. Challenged to deter and respond to terrorist attacks without unduly burdening travel , the economy, and civil