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March 13, 2003  
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GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TO HOLD HEARING ON CARGO CONTAINER SECURITY
MEDIA ADVISORY
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman (D-CT) today announced that on Thursday, March 20, 2003, the committee will hold a hearing to examine the federal government’s efforts to ensure that the millions of cargo containers entering the United States are not used as weapons of terrorism.

WHAT: “Cargo Containers: The Next Terrorist Target?”

WHEN: 9:30 a.m., Thursday, March 20, 2003

WHERE: Room SD-342, Dirksen Senate Office Building

INVITED WITNESSES:

Asa Hutchinson, Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security, Department of Homeland Security:
Robert C. Bonner, Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection;
Dr. Stephen Flynn, Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations;
Peter Hall, U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont;
Captain Jeffery Monroe, Director, Department of Transportation and Ports, Portland, Maine.
 
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Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510