Updated -- A Look Ahead: House Committee on Homeland Security
***Subcommittee Markup Added***
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, announced the following upcoming Committee events:
Tuesday, December 6
Subcommittee Hearing: Hearing on Draft Legislative Proposal on Cybersecurity
10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 6, in 311 Cannon House Office Building
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies
Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include:
Ms. Cheri McGuire
Vice President of Global Government Affairs And Cybersecurity Policy
Symantec Corporation
Dr. Greg Shannon
Chief Scientist for Computer Emergency Readiness Team
Software Engineering institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Mr. Gregory T. Nojeim
Senior Counsel and
Director, Project on Freedom, Security & Technology
Center for Democracy & Technology
Chairman Lungren on the hearing:
“I look forward to hearing the comments of our private sector partners on our Committee’s proposed draft legislation to define the role and responsibility of the Department of Homeland Security and improve information sharing to secure our critical infrastructure networks. This hearing will afford another opportunity for our private sector partners to weigh in on our approach to protecting critical infrastructure from the escalating cyber threats.”
2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, in 311 Cannon House Office Building
Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence
Rep. Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include:
Mr. Evan F. Kohlmann
Flashpoint Global Partners
Mr. William McCants
Analyst
CNA Analysis & Solutions
Mr. Andrew Aaron Weisburd
Director
Society for Internet Research
Chairman Meehan on the hearing:
"This hearing will examine the growing use of online social networks by jihadis to communicate and spread their messages of violence. It will also focus on government and private sector efforts to minimize jihadi content on mainstream websites and how to enhance these efforts while maintaining innovation. High profile terrorism cases such as Colleen LaRose, a.k.a. "Jihad Jane," from eastern Pennsylvania illustrate how jihadists develop relationships online and work--in this case internationally--to plot attacks. We will hear from a panel of experts that monitor and study jihadi activity online who will detail the scope of this threat and how it can be overcome."
Wednesday, December 7
Joint Hearing: Homegrown Terrorism: The Threat to Military Communities Inside the United States
9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 7, in Room 210 House Visitor Center (210 HVC)
House Committee on Homeland Security jointly with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Chairman
Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include:
The Honorable Paul N. Stockton
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs
Office of Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
Department of Defense
Accompanied by Mr. Jim Stuteville, U.S. Army Senior Advisor, Counterintelligence Operations and Liaison to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lieutenant Colonel Reid L. Sawyer, U.S. Army
Director
Combating Terrorism Center at West Point
U.S. Military Academy at West Point
Mr. Daris Long
Private Citizen
· Mr. Long is the father of the late U.S. Army Pvt. William Andrew Long, who was shot and killed in a 2009 terrorist attack on a military recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas.
· Pvt. Long’s killer, Carlos Leon Bledsoe (Abdulhakim Muhammad), is serving life in prison after pleading guilty. According to Bledsoe’s father, Mr. Melvin Bledsoe who testified at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in March, Carlos Bledsoe grew up a Baptist in Memphis, converted to Islam, and became radicalized in Nashville. He travelled to Yemen in 2007 where he was arrested by Yemeni authorities in 2008. Following his deportation from Yemen in 2009, he attacked the Little Rock recruiting center, killing Long and wounding Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula.
Chairman King on the hearing:
“This critical hearing follows the three prior hearings that I have convened to examine the serious threat of radicalization within the United States. Thus far, in a series of hearings, we have examined the issue of radicalization within the Muslim-American community generally, radicalization in U.S. prisons, and radicalization by the al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist organization, al-Shabaab.
“At this hearing, we will examine the homegrown terror threat from active duty personnel within the military itself, as well as the threat posed from outside the military.
“The deadly attack, and a planned second attack, at Fort Hood, the attack on the Little Rock recruiting center, and a number of other cases demonstrate the seriousness of this increasing terror threat within the military and to our military communities. The brave men and women who volunteer to serve this country in combat zones overseas should not have to face the same dangerous threats here at home.”
Thursday, December 8
Subcommittee Markup: H.R. 3563, H.R. 1411, H.R. 1129
9:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 8, in 311 Cannon House Office Building
Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications
Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Chairman
H.R. 3563, (Mr. Bilirakis)To authorize the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) to ensure the timely and effective distribution of alerts and warnings.
H.R. 1129, (Ms. Richardson)To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit requiring the use of a specified percentage of a grant under the Urban Area Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program for specific purposes, and for other purposes.
H.R. 1411, (Mr. Bilirakis) To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to ensure continuation of the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program, and for other purposes.
An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute is expected to be offered by Mr. Bilirakis. All subsequent amendments should be made to this amendment, as provided.
CLOSED Subcommittee Hearing: A Review of Passenger Screening Technology at U.S. Airports
12:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, in 311 Cannon House Office Building (Subcommittee intends to move directly to a CLOSED hearing)
Subcommittee on Transportation Security
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman
Invited Witnesses Include:
The Honorable John S. Pistole
Administrator
Transportation Security Administration
Accompanied by Mr. Robin Kane, Assistant Administrator for Security Technology
Dr. Tara O’Toole
Under Secretary
Science and Technology Directorate
Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Charles K. Edwards
Acting Inspector General
Office of the Inspector General
Department of Homeland Security
Accompanied by Ms. Anne Richards, Assistant Inspector General for Audits
The Honorable Caryn Wagner
Under Secretary
Office of Intelligence and Analysis
Department of Homeland Security
Dr. Cedric Sims
Executive Director
Office of Program Accountability and Risk Management
Management Directorate
Department of Homeland Security
Mr. Stephen Lord
Director
Homeland Security and Justice Issues
Government Accountability Office
***See www.homeland.house.gov for updates.
***Coverage note: All Committee on Homeland Security proceedings are webcast live at www.homeland.house.gov/live-video-feed.
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