Increase of federal workers overseeing protected lands in nevada and montana. And a house subcommittee is looking to protect federal workers on federal parks and wildlife refuges and other open spaces spaces. The subcommittee on National Parks and for ests will come to order. We are meeting to hear about antipublic lands extremism. Under Committee Rule 4f, any oral statements are limited to the chair and the ranking minority member. And therefore i ask unanimous consent that all other members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing rect if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today. Hearing no objection, so ordered. Thank you all for being here on the subcommittee of National Parks and forests public hearing on combatting the antipublic lands extremism. We are here in part to review the results of a recent Government Accountability Office Report detailing the impacts of government extreermtism on the Government Land managers and facilities. As we will hear the report fo
Occupation of a wild life refuge in oregon and standoffs with armed protesters in montana and nevada. The house resources subcommittee is looking into how to better protect workers on federal forests, parks, wild life refuges and other open spaces. Subcommittee on ports the unsubcommittee National Parks and public landless now come to order. We will hear testimony of antipublic lands extremism. Any oral Opening Statements are limited to the chair and the ranking minority member. Therefore, i ask unanimous consent that all other members Opening Statements be made part of the hearing record if they are submitted to the clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today. Hearing no objections, so ordered. Thank you all for being here today for the subcommittee on National Parks, forests and public lands hearings on combatting antipublic lands extremism. We are here today in part to review the results of a recent Government Accountability Office Report detailing the impacts of antigovernment extremism on public la
Proceedingodaynotionso rerdote or t yeas and na a ordered or votes objted t und clse 6 o rule 20. House wil reseproceeding onostt for what purpo does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognitn . H. 6277. Nd the rulesnd pass e speakepro tempo h. R. 6277. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk Union Calendar number h. R. 6277. A bill to amend the federal assets, sale and transfer act of 2016 to improve such other purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mrn from nevada, ms. Titus, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. Mr. Perry thank you, madam speaker. I ask unanimous consent that lee days in which to revise and extend their remarks and insert extraneous material into the record on. 6277. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Perry madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Perry t
[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. There are thousands of federal buildings across the country that not only serve as workplaces for federal employees, but also host daily visitors who come to access important federal services and help keep our government functioning efficiently. These facilities face a range of security threats that put both people and property at risk. And of those threats are only continuing to grow. Threats related to domestic and International Terrorism and even disinformation are rising and according to the department of homeland security, can endanger our federal personnel and Critical Infrastructure. Todays hearing will focus on what actions are needed to secure the 9,000 federal facilities overseen by dhs federal protective services. The facilities host the mold of bold ofthe civilian and federal employees and are visited by 1. 4 million americans each and every day. Currently the federal facilities are secured through a twostep proces
Those teams have some great capabilities. It gives you a great starting point. And i think that our first thought in 2010 was lets set up with the initial structure, set it up in terms of offense and defense and teams that could do offensive actions to defend the country. Anyone have anything to add to that . Yes, sir . Dr. Singer . Just two things. The first is the idea of assuming that our response would have to be limited just to cyber means. If someone carries out an act of war against us using cyber means we are not and should not be limited in our response to use other means, and thats why were seeing that kind of deterrence hold. The second though is as general alexander said weve built up great capabilities. There are many things mr. Snowden did but one of the other things he did was reveal we have very potent cyber offense capability capability. I would add to those who believe building up more will deliver deterrence. The question, why has not not delivered deterrence yet . T