Subcommittee Field Hearing: Preventing an Economic Shock Wave: Securing the Port of Houston from a Terrorist Attack

Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management | 111 East Loop North Houston, Texas 77029 | Aug 24, 2011 10:00am

On Wednesday, August 24, 2011 the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management will hold a field hearing entitled “Preventing an Economic Shock Wave: Securing the Port of Houston from a Terrorist Attack.” The Committee will meet at 10:00 a.m. CDT (11:00 a.m. EDT) on the 4th floor of the Port of Houston Authority located at 111 East Loop North, Houston, Texas, 77029.
 

Witnesses

Mr. Stephen Caldwell
Director
Maritime and Coast Guard Issues
Homeland Security and Justice Team
Government Accountability Office
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CAPT Bill Diehl (USCG, Ret.)
President
Greater Houston Port Bureau, Inc.
[text of full testimony]
[truth in testimony]

Mr. James T. Edmonds
Chairman
The Port of Houston Authority
[text of full testimony]

Sheriff Adrian Garcia
Harris County, Texas
[text of full testimony]

Captain James H. Whitehead III
Sector Commander
Sector Houston-Galveston
U.S. Coast Guard
[text of full testimony]