Indoors through the work of everyone here in mr. Greer, his commitment lives on through the work of everyone here. I was always ashamed by virginias abysmal ranking i have always fought for improved Mental Health services and i was always ashamed by virginias abysmal ranking compared to other states for Mental Health funding. Though i would have to admit, Mental Health was never my top priority. I was involved with economic element, education, transportation, Public Safety, environmental issues. There were many things that were at the top of my keep. My heap. I promise you i would give anything to not be in this position today. When my world changed forever last november, i knew i had to do something to make a change to prevent future tragedies. My family had been dealing with my sons illness for some years, but i never truly understood what gus was going through or how he suffered. I determined to devote my life and efforts to change the law to reduce the likelihood that such tragedie
Different kinds of problems that they might encounter. One of the things montana has done is to create a unified set of policies that make clear what the process is. And another thing that a lot of our consent decrees and agreements with schools provide for is engaging an expert consultant. There are people who know what works on campuses and who have had lots of experience in helping schools to structure policies in providing training materials and in conduct ng the training. And ensuring that they have an adviser who for whom this isnt the first time and who can provide that expertise is very important. Montana is also a grantee of the office of violence against women. And that grant comes along with Technical Assistance that can enable them to mount kind of holistic response on campus. Another thing that i think is quite important is Data Collection and reporting because a university can only get a sense of whether it has a problem by keeping track of the problems and the complaints
Number one sea port in north america for the importation of fresh fruit bananas, and juice, concentrate. If you had a banana this morning for breakfast it probably came through the port of wilmington. Our nickname is top banana. The top banana port. Port of wilmington isnt just important for the state of delaware, it serves as a key economic engine in new castle county, its also a key port for the entire United States. So protecting our ports, safeguarding our Economic Opportunity is responsibility that we take very seriously. As the Government Accountability office and other experts have noted, u. S. Port security has come a long way. Shortly after 9 11, the Maritime Transportation security act of 2002 became law and empowered the coast guard with new authorities to ensure commercial vessels and port facility meet minimum Security Standards. A few years later the safe port act of 2006 authorized key cargo and supply chains security programs enforced by u. S. Customs and Border Protect
Authority. Releasing Authority Means you can go out with a message that youre the commanding general, second marine division. You dont give those, that authority away, and thats why i brought up that point that whoever signs that, basically the secretary, the way i understand it is concurring with all those decisions that are made. Its on his or her watch, correct me if im wrong. If its signed for general hickey by one of the staff yes, this is the official comments. Okay. All right. In terms of your role and i think its very, very important to go back to how would you even be more pro active in light of some of these thing. Do you have any recommendations in regards to that . Im not asking you to do more work yeah i am asking you to do more work. I think we plan the audits appropriate based on the risk. I think there needs more discussion at the senior levels as work is completed to really how are you going to fix the problem . And as i alluded to before, worrying about the little tec
14 grant cycle. 100 million was appropriated for the program this year. Applications came in on may 23rd. The field reviews, as the admiral mentioned, we work very closely with the coast guard. We have a twotiered review process. Captains of the port work with the port area and the local and State Government through area Maritime Security committees to prioritize projects. Those applications are under that field review right now and will be referred for a National Panel review here at the Headquarters Level later this month and then we expect to announce awards by the end of july. And so ill close by saying that we look forward to the continuing dialogue about how we can continue to make these investments in the most effective and efficient way possible. We think they have made a real difference and i look forward to answering any questions you may have. Good, thanks. Nice job. Steve, please proceed. Thank you, welcome. Good morning, chairman carper, Ranking Member coburn, distinguishe