Historically black sites helped to tell the story of africanamerican migration. They argue for additional efforts and resources to preserve such places for current and future generations. This discussion was part of the association for the study of africanamerican life in history annual meeting. Hello, and welcome. Hello and welcome to the association for the study of africanamerican life and histories 104th annual conference. How the National Park service tells the story of black migrations. My name is madeleine, and im the Senior Executive assistant at the National Parks Conservation Association. Is this better . Sorr sorry about that. On behalf of theresa and the president and ceo, thank you for taking the time to join us and welcome. For those of you not familiar with the National Parks Conservation Association, weve been a powerful, independent voice working to strengthen and protect americas National Parks for 100 years. Through our nationwide network of offices and with our more
Good evening, verne. Welcome. We will now come to order. Like to start off by welcoming mr. Dan bush some of North Carolina to the committee. Thank you, sir. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Delighted to be with you. Look forward to meeting with you, sir. Subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on one year later the implementation of the tsa modernization act. And without objection, the chairs authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. I want to thank you, Ranking Member lesco, and our distinguished witnesses for joining us today. One year ago this month, congress enacted the First Comprehensive reauthorization of the tsa known as the tsa modernization act. The act incorporated substantial number of bills and provisions that originated in this committee. It stands as a testament to the committees longstanding bipartisan efforts to conduct oversight of tsa. And i thank my colleagues, ms. Watsoncoleman and mr. Catko for their leadership in advancing legislation las
Rep. Correa look forward to working with you. The subcommittee is meeting to look at one year later, the tsa modernization act. The chair is authorized to decode the subcommitteedeclare the subcommittee. I want to thank you, member lesko, and distinguished witnesses for joining us today. Congress enacted the First Comprehensive reauthorization of the tsa known as the tsa modernization act. The act incorporated substantial number of bills and provisions that originated in this committee. It stands as a testament to the committees longstanding bipartisan efforts to connect oversight of tsa. I thank my colleagues, ms. Watson coleman and his chapter mr. Cap no, i should say, for leadership in advancing legislation and congress that will carry on those efforts with Ranking Member lesko in this congress. The tsa modernization act enhances and improves our nations transportation security. Too comprehensive to describe in detail in a few minutes we have, but i would like to highlight a few key
Terrorists turned civilian aircraft into weapons, killing nearly 3,000 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 attack and ensuring freedom of movement of people and commerce. Im pleased that acting deputy administrator Patricia Cogswell is here to update the committee on the progress toward achieving these goals. Americas Transportation Systems are designed for accessibility and efficiency. The enduring challenge remains how to respond to terrorist attacks without unduly burdening travel, the economy and civil liberties. Tsas workforce includes transportation security inspectors, federal air marshals and visible intermodal response teams. Congress has
Cairncross whos the ceo and president of the millennium challenge corporation. After a long wait, we have a fully installed that something of applause. Why do we give our friend a round of applause. [applause] congratulations. I think you get the prize for sort of saintly patience and diplomacy, and i think really, really glad you were in this job. I think its really important that Government Agencies have Senate Confirmed leaders so its really important you have, youve you been entrusted with this role. So i wanted to give you a chance to share some of your reviews with our friends here about how you see the future of the mcc. But before we do that, maybe not to just give this group, i think everyone probably in this audience if theyre here in mid august knows all about the mcc, but maybe just so were all on the same page if you might just do sort of the mcc 101 from your perspective. What is the mcc . How does it work . Then i have a couple of softball question for you we can take fr