Will move along now, even though that was not quite five minutes. Panel to i like to icons welcome the next panel appearing with many years of experience in the industry, mr. G. Michael collins faa retiree appearing in his individual capacity and with many Years Experience and his regulatory role, and doctor michael inslee, former chief scientist, u. S. Air, force and kept in a john cox, president ceo of safety operating systems, thank you all for being here today look for your testimony, without objection your full statement will be included in the record and so we will now proceed with your testimony, five minutes, as best you want to summarize. Mr. Pierson. I dont think its on. I forgot to put the budget, sorry. Members of the Committee Good afternoon thank you for inviting me to testify today, my name is ed pierson, i would first like to provide my heartfelt condolences for the family and friends who lost loved winds on flying air lion air, we are hes let me provide a bit of inform
They have had such a stellar record for so long and complacency can be a dangerous thing. Particularly in industries that produce that are truly safety critical. Despite this, we are not aware of any key efforts or initiatives in the faa to emphasize and reenergize the Safety Culture that once existed. We do understand that you spoken to your staff about not rushing grounding the an maxes and providing safety first, but has the faa fire hired Safety Experts from outside the the industry to look at the process . And have you hired more experts as some reviews have suggested. Have you sat down with managers and technical staff in the Seattle Office to hear the themmendations to improve faa and concerns about following and oversight. I would like to know what you have done to address safety and oversight issues. Thank you. Its a great question i welcome the opportunity to respond. On my first day at the agency, at my first town hall, i talked culture, importance of we need to have a syste
Swim boats are pending so were going t okay so votes are pending. We will move along now, even though that was not quite five minutes. Panel to i like to icons welcome the next panel appearing with many years of experience in the industry, mr. G. Michael collins faa retiree appearing in his individual capacity and with many Years Experience and his regulatory role, and doctor michael inslee, former chief scientist, u. S. Air, force and kept in a john cox, president ceo of safety operating systems, thank you all for being here today look for your testimony, without objection your full statement will be included in the record and so we will now proceed with your testimony, five minutes, as best you want to summarize. Mr. Pierson. I dont think its on. I forgot to put the budget, sorry. Members of the Committee Good afternoon thank you for inviting me to testify today, my name is ed pierson, i would first like to provide my heartfelt condolences for the family and friends who lost loved wi
May come to order . I consent that military can call resources, i ask unanimous chant that they recognized for ten minutes each during the question rounds, and without objection, so ordered. Before i begin and similar to the previous hearing on the 737 max, with the ceo of boeing testifying in october i want to explain that administrative manners regarding some documents we may use, i will be making two unanimous consent requests and reference to to document lists, list a, list be. First the documents contained on this to be our marked export controlled, apparently they stamp everything. We have been advised by house general counsel that they provide ample authority for us to release these documents. However, with regard to documents i will be making unanimous consent requests regarding the release of these documents, pursuant to the control act. Second, i will be making unanimous consent request to enter the documents on a list day into the hearing record. This includes additional doc
Department of Homeland Security is use of facial recognition and other Biometric Technologies. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the canadian recess at any point. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning. The committee on Homeland Security is meeting with the use of peaceful recognition and other Biometric Technologies. The governments use of biometrics is not entirely new. For example, fingerprints have been used as an identification tool for many decades. Other biometrics include dna, patterns and palm prints. In recent years facial recognition has become the new chosen form of Biometric Technology as basil brush facial Recognition Technology has advanced it is used by the government and private sector also increased. Currently the dhs is collecting and storing several different kinds of biometric information and is using this information for multiple purposes. Cbp and the tsa are using biometrics to conform the identities of travelers, for ex