Minutes. Committee since 2017 ive served as president , ceo of the colonial pipeline company. Thank you for the opportunity to testify before the committee today. Since 1962 we have been shipping and transporting products to market. The Pipeline System spans over 5500 miles and is one of the most complex pieces of Energy Infrastructure in america, if not the world. On any given day we transport more than 100 million gallons of gasoline, diesel, Jet Fuel and other refined products. Shipping products safely and securely is what we do. The product we transport accounts for nearly half of the consumed fuel on the east coast providing energy for more than 50 million americans that rely on us to get fuel to the pump and we supply fuel for operations such as airports, ambulances and first responders. The Safety And Security of the Pipeline System is something we take very seriously and we operate with the interest of our customers and the country first in mind. One month ago we were the victi
The security on committee of from insecurity comes to order to receive testimony of the pipeline from the colonial ransomware attack. Without objection and the gentleman from new jersey takes the duties of the chair. So with those malicious hackers with the colonial pipeline 5500 miles of Pipeline And Pipeline services are restored and we know hackers exploited it and we know the colonial pipeline and they recovered most of it but with that colonial pipeline and with the processor from new York City from san diego. And with the countries biggest pipeline to crystallize those consequences. And then it lays serious questions about the security practices and where the cybersecurity standards are sufficient. And then to see the administration and then to mandate those requirements for the industry. And then with the impact and we need to complete understanding of the circumstances against colonial. But today to examine the cybersecurity practices. With those other critical infrastructure o
Clerk [roll call] okay. Thank you. We have a quorum. Its 9 41. Madam chair, would you like me to go to item 2 . Chairman yes, please. Clerk opportunity to for the public to comment on any matters within the Committees Jurisdiction that are not in the agenda. Members of the public call 415 6550001 Access Code 187 918 3240. Please wait until the system indicates you have been unmuted and you may begin your comments. Please note that you will have three minutes. So im checking the caller queue. I dont see anyone with a raised hand. So we can close public comment for this item. Madam chair, shall i move to item 3. Chairman yes please. Clerk approval of the minutes of the march 22, 2021, meeting. Move to approve. I have a comment to change to the minutes. Towards the end, maybe even on the last page when the liaison assignments were reiterated and i will be taking the 2020 easter bonds. I think it was just a typo. With that change, i support the minutes as well. Clerk okay. Thank you. Shall
investigation, but the jury is expected to meet again on thursday. in the meantime, we have significant revelations about what special counsel jack smith may be investigating. this week we got new reporting that the special counsel has been focus sing in on a white house meeting on valentine s day of 2020, february 14th, which was of course months before election day. on that day president trump reportedly met with senior u.s. officials and white house staff to discuss the election itself, and during this meeting the president was apparently bragging not just about, well, all the things he always brags about but about just how secure the election was going to be. according to the reporting we have, trump touted his administration s work to expand the use of paper ballots and support security audits of vote tallies. president trump was so encouraged by federal efforts to protect election systems, that he suggested the fbi and the department of homeland security hold a press co
82nd birthday. as the right wing continues to vandalize the history of black people in america. also tonight, trump plans for his next indictment by making threats of violence, with special counsel jack smith reportedly interested in trump s sudden change of heart about election security in 2020. plus, the remarkable smallness of the republican presidential field, defeating an indicted candidate who does nothing but lose shouldn t be this hard. and yet, they re failing. but we begin tonight with 2016 donald trump who ran for president back then as a man who amid calls to end police violence against black americans backed the blue 100%. i am the big, big believer and admirer of the people in law enforcement. okay. from day one. when you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just see them thrown in, rough, i said please don t be too nice. first term trump was also a big proponent of using federal law enforcement including the department of j