The office of Field Operations job is to facilitate legitimate trade and travel, while maintaining a list of those who cannot entry enter our country. Also, the supporting element, which provides intervention support. These components rely heavily on technology to accomplish their mission. Technology is a crucible a crucial multiplier, and the right mix of infrastructure, personnel, and technology has worked for the last 20 years. Instead of focusing on the gadgets and gizmos and repeated failures we have had, i think it is important to think strategically about the decisionmaking process. Those who mean to exploit our border for illicit purposes. Destroy that process by using usenology will help better the funding to secure the border in the long term. I want to take a hard look at the Role Technology plays in predicting, deterring, and detecting Illicit Activity along border. St order it is difficult to measure or accomplish. Discouraging bad actors from crossing the batter the borde
Again or what it will take to secure the borders in the primary responsibility of the agencies by witnesses today. Border patrol is our Operation Force between cdps opposite Field Operations jobs to facilitate trade and travel to keep people from entering our country at the ports of entry. Air and entry. Aaron arenas for supporting unit which provides air and Maritime Interdiction support operations on the ground. All three of these security components rely heavily on technology to accomplish their mission. Technology is a Crucial Force multiplier in a multilayered approach of the right mix of infrastructure personnel and Technology Use for at least 20 years now. Instead of focusing solely on the gadget and gizmos than the many repeated failures weve had, import and to think strategically about the decisionmaking process for illicit purposes. Distracting the process by leveraging technology will help custom Border Protection that is the allocated funding to secure the border in the lon
Elevatos to the right there will be three busses this evening. One at 6 45 one at 7 00 and one at 7 15. They each will carry about 50 of you. As you might be able to tell there are more than 150 people in this room. We are not encouraging you to sit on each others laps. What we are asking you to do is please dont wait until that last bus. Theyll be downstairs again and if you prefer to go elsewhere this evening please make sure you get back to the hotel so we can be ready to start in the morning. Thank you for coming today. Thank you for arranging your travel schedules to be here this afternoon and to begin the celebration and we invite you to the reception next door. Thank you. [ applause ] and taking it live now to capitol hill. The hearing from the amtrak Train Derailment from last month in philadelphia that killed ten people and injured 200 others and the National Transportation safety board, it was not equipped with an automatic speed control system that could have prevented that
I look forward to working with my friends in the senate to get that reform bill enacted into law. In closing i look forward for hearing from our witnesses regarding these important issues and i would like to recognize Ranking Member defazio for an opening statement. Thank you, mr. Chairman and thanks for holding this hearing today. I certainly agree with you about the extraordinary importance on the performance of the population of the east coast on the United States on the use of this corridor on a daily basis. In terms of the number of people that use it and the contribution to the economy and what happens when that corridor goes down and i also agree that this committee does have a longterm commitment to amtrak and other infrastructure needs of the United States. Unfortunately, that is not shared by your republican colleagues on the transportation, housing, urban development subcommittee. In fact, on the day of the accident, they cut a 251 million, is it . Or 290 million from the Ca
Today. Cartel management filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. The documents show the company has more than 1. 8 million in estimated liabilities with less than a 1 million in assets. Surfing community was blindsided. Conditions were ideal last week but the contest was never called. There was definitely some confusion. People were frustrated because conditions were perfect. It was ideal on thursday and everyone was here and it was a beautiful day. So, um yeah, there was some concern, but there wasnt direct communication so we didnt know. A person close to the management said Cartel Management that took over permits as well, and surf legend jeff clark started the contest in 1998 but clark and others who run the actual contest havent spoken to Cartel Management in months. Michelle cleave is friends with jeff clark and others in the Maverick Community and optimist optimistic about the future. It wont go away. It wouldnt happen because the weather didnt cooperate. So it is definitely