THE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT'S PLAN JOINT HEARING BEFORE THE SEPTS TRANS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY POLICY, NATURAL RESOURCES AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, OF THE LL KF 27 .G6685 2004 Copy 1 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION MARCH 24, 2004 Serial No. 108-168 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpo.gov/congress/house 94-905 PDF U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 2004 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM DAN BURTON, Indiana TOM DAVIS, Virginia, Chairman CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut DOUG OSE, California RON LEWIS, Kentucky JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania KATHERINE HARRIS, Florida HENRY A. WAXMAN, California JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts DIANE E. WATSON, California STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California C.A. "DUTCH" RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia JIM COOPER, Tennessee BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont (Independent) MELISSA WOJCIAK, Staff Director DAVID MARIN, Deputy Staff Director/Communications Director PHIL BARNETT, Minority Chief of Staff/Chief Counsel CONTENTS Hutchinson, Asa, Under Secretary, Border and Transportation Security, Department of Homeland Security Kinghorn, C. Morgan, president, National Academy of Public Administra- tion; Edward Flynn, secretary, Executive Office of Public Safety, State of Massachusetts; Karen Anderson, mayor, city of Minnetonka, MN, on behalf of the National League of Cities; Martin Fenstersheib, health officer, Santa Clara County Public Health Department, on behalf of the National Association of County and City Health Officials; and James Lee Witt, former Administrator, Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agency, currently president, James Lee Witt Associates, LLC Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by: Anderson, Karen, mayor, city of Minnetonka, MN, on behalf of the Na- tional League of Cities, prepared statement of Fenstersheib, Martin, health officer, Santa Clara County Public Health Department, on behalf of the National Association of Čounty and City Health Officials, prepared statement of Flynn, Edward, secretary, Executive Office of Public Safety, State of Massachusetts, prepared statement of Hutchinson, Asa, Under Secretary, Border and Transportation Security, Shays, Hon. Christopher, a Representative in Congress from the State 27 Tierney, Hon. John F., a Representative in Congress from the State 41 Witt, James Lee, former Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, currently president, James Lee Witt Associates, LLC, prepared 19 |