new york city. so far they have been thwarted i the efforts of the nypd and our local and federal partners. that partnership is stronger than ever. and theoner john miller army investigative reporter who was one of the first to interview osama bin laden, the fbi, the lapd's counterterrorism now my and counterterrorism threat intelligence director, we have a wide variety of agencies with which we work every day. together we keep the city safe. we have done so well of holding the constitutional rights of those who live, work, and visit new york city. it is our freedom that makes us a target for those who hate us. more detailed version of this testimony has been submitted. i would like to thank you for inviting me to testify. i would be happy to answer any

questions the committee and its members may have. rep. mccaul: thank you, commissioner. the chair recognizes commissioner nigro. : thank your nigro for having me. fdny, it hasd the changed. the primary mission has always been to protect life and property, but in the ever changing environment of the post-9/11 world, that has become more complex. the department has confronted that challenge by building an infrastructure that identifies potential threats, builds a response plan, and trains members to carry out those plans. is result is the fdny prepared at a moments notice to provide rescue and triage in an infinite array of scenarios and disasters. not only does this ensure that

we are prepared in the case of a terrorist event, but it also means that the department functions as a robust regional asset they can be deployed in almost any scenario. the value of this can be seen nationally, such as when the responded to new orleans after hurricane katrina and responded ton we the storm in buffalo this year. these assets can also be used locally to prevent a crisis, such as when a case of via bola a viruseached -- the ebol reached new york city. draw on aas able to framework that specialized units developed for bioterrorism threats. this included decontamination procedures and operating chemical protective company, which, as an added benefit, also

protects against blood-borne pathogens. the fdny trained the hazmat units that played a key role in allow these and purchase of specialized equipment and resources that enabled emergency treatment and patient care. the planning, training, and equipment the fdny utilizes can be applied in any mass casualty situation, whether terrorist disaster,tural industrial accident, pandemic, or biological event. this ensures that we are not only prepared to respond to likely scenarios, but we have the training and capability to his aunt to any threat presented to us, expected or not. this is not a capability the department had on 9/11 and our ability to build this capability has largely been the result of the funding we receive from the federal government, a perfect example of how even the

day-to-day work of the fdny is impacted by this training is the time square bombing of 2010. though they initially responded to a typical fire call, once on the scene, they immediately recognize the threat potential of these smoking vehicle and ensured appropriate law enforcement resources were called to the scene area they took action that day that reduced injuries, protected property, and save lives -- save lives. this type of training is happening every day in the fdny and is essential to our ability to serve the city of new york. by planning, leadership, communications, patient triage hazmat,tment, firefighting, search, and technical rescue, we are better prepared to adapt to a changing threat environment if disaster strikes. we have structured our core

competencies to respond to routine and extreme events, including acts of terrorism. thank you again for the opportunity to speak here today on this important topic. rep. mccaul: thank you, commissioner. ielpi.air recognizes mr. ielpi: thank you. before i start i would like to there are a large number of families behind me who lost their loved ones on that day. also the new york port authority , the new york police department who lost 23 and seven are still missing today, and of course the fire service who lost 143, including my beautiful son jonathan.

today, 127 new york city firefighters are still missing, beautiful 1000, 113 people who were murdered on 9/11 who are still missing at this very minute. i have listened to mayor giuliani and you folks doing the omens work to keep us safe in this country of ours. i had the privilege of going around the country. i have spoken in many cities in many states. i have traveled out of the country, speaking on the importance of understanding what happened to our country, our world on 9/11. nine months here in recovery. i worked with the best of the best that this country had to offer, not just the police, not just the fire department, the emergency people, but our

civilians from every one of your states. everyone. they gave of themselves. they are now sick. sick. and it's up to you people of support to speak up and this bill. i heard many of you talk about the importance of making this a national memorial. it is critical we make this a national memorial. your work is instrumental in making it is that -- the most powerful memorial this country has. the worst attack on our country soil in history. not just an attack on new york city or the pentagon or flight 93, it was an attack on portland, maine. it was an attack on houston, texas. on north dakota. it was an attack on our police, our lifestyles, our freedom by people who do not believe that. , tostened to you talk about

your commissioners about how we protect ourselves, the police force in the military and what we need to do, but i am very, very concerned that there is one thing we totally lacked in 14 years, and that is education. everyone of you, everyone of you, and we do not have a state in our country that i know of that has a curriculum history of what happened to us on 9/11. not a state. i find that very troubling. that hereachers now 22, 23, 24, 25 years old that, 14 years ago were 9, 10, 11, 12 years old, 13 years old. they went to school and there is no curriculum. they were not taught about 9/11 or if they don't know about 9/11. and now they are teachers.

and when i tell you they don't know, i speak in the schools. i speak in the state. the last place i spoke was omaha. of graduatinglass students from high school who did not know about 9/11. the principal called me up, e-mailed me three or four days later and said, i have students walking in the hallways of this school asking about 9/11. what happened on 9/11? i have parents calling me up saying, you don't teach 9/11? you don't educate our children about what happened to our country on 9/11? and the answer is no. and just to drive that point one, a few days from now, september 11, new york city

schools do not have to have a moment of silence, nor the -- nor did they have to talk about the significance of the day unless the teacher wants to. and so many of them do, but they are handcuffed. we teach to the test. and you all know it. i have spoken to teachers again throughout the country and they have all said the same thing. we are failing our children. continue your beautiful work. you have to continue to keep us safe. but please, when you go back to , yourndividual states constituents, it's up to you to to texas, toan, california, we don't have a curriculum in our state to teach what happened? we can fight these terrorists all day long. we know they are coming back. we hear it from our commissioners. we hear it from you. wouldn't it be powerful to say that our young people can take a

, byd with this understanding? by enlightenment. by understanding this terrorism fact is here to stay. it is one of the biggest things we were taught from our forefathers is education. it and it will solve problems. i spoke with an educator in husband was murdered here. she went back to speak about we must educate here in the u k, in london. this is a few years back. this is an individual -- just one person. and she came back to me and say, lee, i was told no, we're not going to teach 9/11 in the u.k. we do not want to aggravate the muslim community. i have never heard such foolishness. we know there are more good muslim people in this world, far more. but to be

, torant that we are afraid be politically correct? is a downfall. so, we do have a lot of missions in our lives, don't we? i would sincerely -- i would beg you, when you go to your states, ask the question, and you will be very surprised at the answers you are going to get. no. we don't teach it. thank you. rep. mccaul: thank you sir, for your passion and your advocacy for the victims. the chair recognizes esther thomas. mr. thomas: thank you to the chair and the committee. name is gregory thomas. i am pleased to bring to you testimony on behalf of our executive board and 3000 members we represent nationally.

since 1976, we are proud to have served by taking steps to ensure that there is equity of the distribution of justice in all communities in the united states. at no one is prouder to have played a central role in our nation to improve the level of respect the between police and the citizens they serve. it is by serving as a key member of president obama from task force on policing or on the ground in missouri, we have been an important part of the discourse that has resolved to take a fresh look at the gauge with which policing with their communities and communities respectfully engage with them. we are pleased to present

testimony from state and local law-enforcement agencies and their effort to mitigate and recover from a terrorist attack. condolencesartfelt to the 3000 people who lost their lives on september 11, 2001. we would like to thank the men women of public safety and law enforcement agencies and everyday citizens who gallantly responded to the terrorist attacks, here in new york city and pentagon -- and pennsylvania and the pentagon in virginia. 9/11essons learned from are many. arguably the most important one is there must be a unified intelligence gathering effort always in place to ensure we can plots anddentify bring those behind those attacks

too quick and determined justice. as isismic state, known moreil, presents a formidable threat in the united states than al qaeda does. was recentlywhich evident in a thwarted event in france. this effort will be greatly enhanced if officials are given the structure to function properly. fortunately since 9/11, there has been progress made, but to achieve a more robust environments that promotes information sharing, we believe provide ars can resource in combating terrorism

in fighting crime, thereby an excellent return on investment for taxpayers. is the clever to the effort of two or more agencies, with the goal of maximizing their ability to detect, prevent, investigate, and respond to criminal and terrorist activity. members across the country have either worked in or with these centers and as such, have commented favorably on their in places where government and private sector entities can work together to maximize resources and build trusted networks and relationships and thoroughly investigate and prevent criminal and terrorist activity. with the general call for government to do more with less, the expansion of the centers can --ance

centers have a viable place, we strongly recommend they be subject to review, todependent minimize the potential of civil liberty abuses. departmentof the functioning, we found in georgia, where in 2012 the georgia information sharing and the centerre named of the year by the department of homeland security. in addition to properly funding, we also encourage the funding for the community and programs that provided equipment shortly after 9/11, like those that were urchased in response to biological and chemical and events that remain

usable by our nation's first responders. we also recommend that a strong put in providing assistance for those agencies grants, to apply for but because of their capacity have difficulty applying for grants on a short or long-term basis. of thepresentative national organization of black law enforcement executives, i think you. -- i thank you. chairccaul: the recognizes the witnesses for questions. you and i talked a great deal about the evolving threat, commissioner bratton. days of bin laden, couriers were used to convey information. it was a different type of threat. more of a command-and-control structure, but we see a threat they -- you talked about

case, the fourth of july plot in new york, here. many of these -- we worry about foreign fighters, but many of these threats are internet driven. coming out of places like syria. isis commanders, if you will. sending them out to kill police officers. in you, sir, i think have dealt with the majority of these rats. i think you mentioned in your testimony, 20 plots have been foiled just here in new york, and we have arrested over 60 in the last year. this is a threat that is growing exponentially. it's a different type of threat. more difficult to manage because of the sheer volume. it's loud. there's a lot of chatter.

200,000 tweets. isis tweets per day. victoryave a recent with the airstrike against one who is sending many of these directives. sometimes with different twitter handles, sometimes in dark space that we cannot monitor even if we have a court order. , we justtanding is recently took out the number two and that'srecruiter, good news, but there will be many more to replace them. so, i guess my question is what is nypd doing, working with federal government -- federal partners to rise to this challenge to protect the american people? and let me just say i commend you and the department for the great success you have had, but again the volume is so high, it worries me that we will not be

able to stop all of this. yourssioner bratton: comment about the volume being so high reinforces the need for what we are very actively engaged in and that is the collaborative effort with our colleagues to ensure we have seamless interactions with them. it has been a process going back to 9/11. we literally almost had to use a battering ram in washington to break down the doors of homeland security to share information. fortunately those days are almost behind us. in this effort, there was too much to do, that's too much to do to be bickering among ourselves or keep things from each other. my predecessor, commissioner nypd developedhe

an extraordinary operation that not only would work with our federal colleagues, which was an forlute necessity, but also new york, probably the most significant terrorist target in the world, created a significant counterterrorism capability. i was made commissioner by mayor deblasio in january 20 10. we have seen isil and exponentially with each passing month, using social media and also a strategy very difference from al qaeda. al qaeda was focused on the big event, multiple big events. isil is going in a very different direction, a direction the idea that social media allows them to not syria,tract players to

but also inspire fighters altering the world who do not have to be trained in training camps or experience warfare two conducted tracks -- to conduct attacks. 16 in 12 years sorted by the nypd, fbi, and others. thethe increasing pace, idea we have had four in just the last now 19 months, the pace is increasing because of social media. we will continue to expand our response. we will continue to expand our productivity. i have spent my time as commissioner with the additional resources mayor deblasio has been providing. the size of the department was decreasing. it is now once again increasing. a number of those officers are going into our strategic response group. a large part of their mission will be training for counterterrorism capabilities.

many of those offices are currently policing the u.s. securityning the checkpoints. additionally, commissioner miller is creating a four to 14 person unit that will be very focused on protecting sites here in new york city. i will institutionalize it because the nature of the threat we are facing has become so big. and we are very concerned about something his, potential for harm we do not fully understand. we are continually, with our resources trying to do more. 200 effective's assigned to cyber security related investigations a year or so ago. and we have increased that at the bureau as well as district vanceboro office.

we are looking at the expansion of the threats in the direction those threats are going. i certainly commend you for your service. the chair recognizes the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. commissioner bratton, it's good to see you again. i'm pretty thrilled that there are so many people here today, especially for our newer members. in the interest of time, i have one question. this will go to the commissioner. we have a lot of resources. the resources we have at the federal level, of course, we have diligently worked to help new york city. my question is, you are so far ahead in so many ways on counterterrorism and communities and policing. how do you share that with other

cities that do not get this types of resources? commissioner bratton: that's a great question. we consciously seek to take what we learn and share it. there are major city chiefs offices where continually throughout the years where there have been various annual almostnces, terrorism is always a major topic of discussion at those roundtables. the intelligence commanders group. it serves in 9/11. they led the way. chief michael has become an expert on this issue. they meet continually to share information, not only on actual face-to-face meetings, but through technology tools now.

and in collaboration with organizations, there is a lot more effort to keep them aware of changing tactics. at the homeland security level, command security has evolved the leadership of the secretary, but particularly under secretary johnson, he has really made an effort to ensure the various fusion centers, the various initiatives undertaken, that we are true partners at the table. we are at the table, that all of us should be in the position to share. this was not the case in 2002, 2003, 2004 when we were banging on the door to be led in. fortunately a lot has changed and we are continuing to improve our collaborative efforts. thank you.z:

i yield back, mr. chairman. rep. king: we have a lot of people here today. i want to knowledge -- to acknowledge -- when i was chairman of the committee, joe was extremely helpful to us. i also want to thank them for the tremendous heroism he showed a 9/11. this day. dying to dan, you and i weren't chief dancy's funeral, you remember? another 111i think, have died from directly 9/11 involved illnesses. i would like to ask commissioner --ro, commissioner bratton we should have every presidential candidate speak on this issue. this goes to the heart of what america is all about.

certainlyer nigro: the department support for the stronger. not be we might have thought that our losses were over a 9/11 read we will add -- over a 9/11. we will add 121 names and those names get added to a memorial wall and i'm sad to say the memorial wall we created will soon be too small because those losses continue to mount. we have 15,000 people registered, active members and program. trade center we have over 1000 cases of cancer among those people and we members, retired and active to take care of. the importance of this bill should go without saying, but i will repeat it. i could not supported anymore strong fashion. rep. king: commissioner

bratton? commissioner bratton: just during my time as commissioner, i have spent a number of weeks at funerals for survivors of 9/11 who did not ultimately survive the efforts they put in with the illnesses they contracted there. this is a national obligation, a national debt, and it must be fulfilled. rep. king: >> we have 35 seconds. what can you tell us? i spent nine months in recovery work. it is our obligation to support them. -- we have been very fortunate. the underlying problem is the people that don't have this. they are not firefighters.

they are people who came here from all over the country. what all support them, kind of a message are we sending to the rest of the country? they need help. major illnesses are cancer, respiratory, sinus and psychological problems. those are the major ones. psychological problems don't show themselves until it has manifested to the point where you realize the person is having a problem. abuse,, drugs, marriage problems. keepn find them because we track of them within the uniform services. it is the people that don't have that support. e the bill.ors it is critical. rep. king: thank you and thank you for your service. with that, the gentlelady from

texas. lee: i am interested in making history here this afternoon, and maybe drawing upon this committee to sign a letter to encourage the immediate placing of this legislation on the house to be voted on. to get it to the president's desk. i want to thank congressman king, congressman maloney, congressman nadler and all who have been leading on this. i believe that the message today, besides being a very key hearing, is that we can leave no one behind. certainly those who now live or who have passed tragically since tragiccause of the impact of that devastating day. let me say to you that the families will never be forgotten and i know what an emotional drain and experience that you have had and thank you for your courage.

you have certainly given me a moment to raise the question -- why don't we have a cross america moment of silence on that day or work with students and schools across america. i am mourning the loss and it is a painful experience and it is one that we feel deeply. let me ask my questions to the commissioner and see if i can get them all out and you can answer them. committeder, we ourselves on 9/11 to not let tor or terrorism cause us terrorize ourselves and i hope that we could share in this. that is how the civilian police have to balance, to interact and do their duties. in dealing with a democratic society. answer, as i came

and i could not avoid the powerful image of ladder 3. i paused when i read that to know that the captain had to use givingine, dealing with signals or messages. god bless him, may he rest in peace. thomas, i wants to thank you for full leadership and ask you about the law enforcement integrity act that gives sort of a roadmap for officers to continue to improve themselves as they serve us, but also the same question you might want to answer in dealing with terrorism and a democratic society. bratton?ner bratton: it is certainly a

said story. think the department has recognized those failures in corrected the problems -- and corrected the problems. today we create -- communicate with the other departments quite regularly. we have the capacity to communicate with one another. new one world trade center, we have communications that will sustain themselves. 9/11f those sad facts of and many other areas where we saw that we could improve, we withand much of that is the help of the federal government and funding that we received. if i could interject, we have

a hard stop at 1:00 to catch our train your it in the interest of to ask would like members to try to be as brief as possible. >> chairman, if i can ask the witnesses to provide their veryrs in writing, for the astute presentation here today. >> the chair recognizes mr. miller. -- miss miller. for the mancomment who spoke very eloquently about our lack of educational curriculum in all of the schools about what happened on 9/11 and why it happened. threats to our world that this new generation is facing as well. saying, i my staff

will need to draft a letter to the michigan state department board of education and ask what curriculum they have. i might be calling you later to ask your thoughts on that. i think it is very important. here we are 14 years later and so many of these kids were not born or were so young they don't really understand it. as anabsolutely critical educational component to help them understand how important it is and what it symbolizes. how we keep ourselves safe and secure going forward. >> we have been saying for years, one of the ways to fight terrorism is to go at it full force and one of those ways is through education and enlightenment. if we continue down this road, political correctness where we are afraid to say things, that is foolish.

the terrorists are laughing at us every time the subject comes up. thank you for proving the rough. >> i hadn't really -- thank you for proving me wrong. >> i had not really thought about. >> we assume that children are getting the correct education, and we find out that we are not. we spoke about this last night. >> thank you very much. mr.he chair recognizes vela. vela: we can hit together with the texas organization and write a letter to the governor. you and everyone else can count on all of us in the committee to support that effort. i have questions, with respect to streamlining your efforts across the country, but in the

interest of time i will yield my tiny -- i will yield my time so my colleagues from new york can ask questions. katko.ecognize mr. katko: upon speaking with commissioner bratton last night, and mr. nigro, it is clear to me that new york is in excellent hands. we're doing a great job, combating the war on terrorism. i simply want to commend you for that. had some wonderful conversations with you last night, i cannot imagine what it is like to lose a loved one like you did and to carry your sunny extra body out -- your son's body out of the wreckage. my heart bleeds for you.

going through this memorial that some ofsaw the remains are a bit unidentified. i hope we can continue to support that effort but with respect to communication, i was horrified to learn about the lack of education. andearned about world war i world war ii and the vietnam war. and it a war on terror, is our solemn duty to make sure we never forget it because we learn from history. if you could wave a wand -- -- my oldestildren

children, he gave his life that day. wand, itd wave a magic would be to honor those not just to died here but the sacrifices by our men and uniform -- men and women in uniform here since 9/11. i would wish to leave this beautiful world of ours knowing that our children, our grandchildren, will have that knowledge on how to make tomorrow a better day. that would be my wish. mr. hurd is recognized. hurd: i appreciate you

making us aware of these. any people who are close to getting this done, or making a suggestion, it would be helpful for the entire community. night after the airplane went into the twin towers, i was called by my boss and said to report to the basement of the old cia headquarters and i became one of the first employees in the unit that ended up prosecuting the war against afghanistan. it would be great if this is the last facility of its kind in the united states of america. if i were to engage my pessimistic side, i would say it will not be the last. when i think about the heroism on that day, or the number of men and women in the intelligence services, and the men and women that you all

represent on local law enforcement, that are still operating as if it is september 12, 2001, it warms my heart thinking maybe this is going to be the last facility of its kind. i remember what it was like in august in the cia building, there was concern. something will happen, we don't know what it is. but knowing and seeing what happened, those intelligence failures -- one of the reasons i am where i am today is to see how to help the intelligence community. earlier, moving from need to know to need to share. it is hard to change cultures. things have changed and a huge way but i am interested to hear thingsall, what specific can we be doing to get more

intelligence in your hands to do your job? >> i think that we are doing it. as mayor giuliani referenced before me, the collaborative efforts that have helped to inform us here in new york, around the country, the increasing pace of attacks being disrupted, it really is about collaboration. opennessut the idea of and transparency. trying to keep our community safe. the good news is, we are evolving at a rapid pace and continuing to do so. department, and congressman king mentioned , that the head of the center for disaster for parent siss works -- preparedenes

works very closely with law enforcement, keeping situational awareness every day as if it is september 12. we appreciate the support that makes this possible. these things take support and we have been getting support from federal government. we need it to be sustained. i mentioned in my statement about the fusion centers, there structure is robust enough to keep that situation going smoothly. of9/11, i was the director security for new york city schools on that day. we had eight schools near the twin towers. daycollaboration on that led to us rescuing 9000 students from those schools with nobody missing, killed or injured.

because the police department and fire departments work together beforehand with preparedness plans. thehe day of the event, response was important to have those children rescued. that those plans also include those areas of the government, mostly schools, designated as soft targets but right in the realm of what can go on in your respective states. >> mr. radcliffe. ratcliffe: as a chairman of the subcommittee on cyber, i want to ask a little bit about isis. we have talked about how they use social media and a way that al qaeda never did, to create franchises. a force multiplier of the disenfranchised in our society. one of the problems has been in usingective use

encrypted communications through social media, that has been a growing concern for law enforcement generally. fbi director komi has talked about it. i want to give you a chance to talk about it publicly and to comment how your police force how you are trying to mitigate the associated risks with that. in the new york times front page paper on this issue, about the many aspects that will be addressed as we go forward, i have met with the fbi director on a number of issues, as recently as last week with different attorney vance, but the concerns about the encryption capabilities being built into so many devices whether, google, apple or others, marketing to their customers and how that is impacting our ability to

investigate not only crime but terrorism. it is a pandora's box of many issues between e to get into itt and sorted out because does impact greatly our ability to investigate traditional crime whether it is kidnapping and other forms of crime or the ever-growing area of terrorism. it is impacting our ability to track these people down when we spot them on social media. >> thank you, mr. chairman. -- when ier bratton was district attorney there were certain things i did not want the public to know about how we spent the money. i did not want them to know what hotels we put witnesses in, there were ways to account for

the money we spent or for safety reasons, a letting them know how we spent the money. are there ordered requirements or restrictions or thinks that hamper your ability to utilize that money in the best way that you could use it to protect the people of new york? >> one of the issues that we have discussed over a number of years with homeland security, and you in congress have control whenthis, is the issue of we spend the money and the time frame within which we spend it, by the time we get it suspended or the appropriate requests and, oftentimes -- requests in, oftentimes there is a need to go beyond the requirements of the law for the time frame within we have to spend it. you want to close the books. it is an issue that has been raised repeatedly and as we go forward hopefully your efforts will take a closer look at that

unresolved issue. we get a lot of money into new york city and i think the delegation that leads those efforts. it is the requirements in terms of how quickly we have to spend it. it takes a while to get the contract up and running so that is an issue of concern as it relates to funding mechanisms that we experience. >> bill took the word out of my mouth. we are experiencing the same issues. we can sometimes purchase things if they are items, but much of it is training. the training takes time to schedule and fit within a specific time frame becomes difficult. we constantly run into that issue of spending the money within the assigned time, especially within the areas of training. >> i thank you both for being here today and protecting my

family. >> i think the members for being so efficient. i want to recognize miss jackson lee for her one follow-up question. >> it was mr. thomas who did not get a chance to answer the question i had given him. as i do that, let me acknowledge deputy darren goforth who lost his life tragically over the last week. it speaks to the difficulty of serving in law enforcement. when i asked at the time was about the law enforcement integrity act, to talk about that in the dual role that law enforcement has with the issue of terrorism. thank you for your presence here. trust law enforcement integrity act you are referring on trying tong

improve the standards for law enforcement that there will be some structure their focusing on. some police departments to that everyday. some have challenges based on their number of personnel and budgets, but the numbers themselves to find some standards easy to attain. the act also talks about youth reform and incarceration and the need to talk about how we sentence our youth. there are some youth who have some events that are not there doing but based on their mental state. the act looks at that issue as it pertains to those incarcerated for a longer or trope of time. time.onger period of it's for that law-enforcement community to focus on the regular day of crime fighting.

we know that the challenges out there now in the community are really few. law enforcement is doing their job properly every day. so any effort we have now to empower law enforcement better with regard to better community policing and better training -- that is another issue as well. 9/11, the number has gone down. it is important we not lose the focus to make sure we have the right amount of people staffed and properly trained. >> thank you so much and i also want to thank mayor deblasio. >> the chairman will recognize mr. king for a brief statement. was thehe did not say increase of cancer from 9/11 --

hang in there. >> the question was brought up before about curriculum. our organization which is the board member tribute center, what i am so proud of and what has been a compost here. -- what has been accomplished here. we talk about teaching 9/11. we gave an award out three years ago to a teacher in connecticut. she came with her principal and some of the other staff members. when they went back to milford, connecticut they wrote us and said will you help us, we are thinking of putting together a curriculum for the school district of milford, connecticut. every state runs their school if really. -- differently. we went and spoke. connecticutilford,

is the only school district in our country that has a written curriculum to teach the history of 9/11. they are not afraid to talk about who did this, why and how do we make it better? if you're interested, we are always in contact with our teachers. we will be able to supply their curriculum. it is a start. if you're interested, milford .ould be more than happy >> let me thank the witnesses. let me close with this. a 9/11tly proposed health care bill. mr. king is one of the chief sponsors and the national 9/11 memorial. is our obligation and our duty to do so.

harbor, thel kennedy assassination, i think everybody remembers where they were and what they were doing on september 11. i was with my fighter old. nowy five-year-old, 19-year-old daughter, watching the second plane flight into the tower. thiszing at the time that was not a random act but a cold and calculated act of terrorism. i think it is incumbent, as you pointed out, that we never forget that day. the next generation of americans the importance of what happened so that it never happens again. let me thank the witnesses. it has been a valuable hearing. i want to thank the museum for allowing us to conduct the

hearing in a historic setting. it has been a tremendous experience and i want to thank everybody involved including all the staff who work so hard to make this hostile -- possible and this hearing now stands adjourned. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

was awas a nazi, he concentration camp commandant, and he was responsible for the murder of thousands of jews. >> tonight on "q&a," jennifer teege on her life altering discovery that her grandfather was the butcher of plus how -- plosow. >> he was a tremendously cruel person.

capable -- he had two them to tearrained humans apart. this sums it up very good. there was a pleasure that he felt when he killed people. this is something when you're normal, if you do not have this aspect in your personality, it is difficult to grasp. >> tonight on c-span's "q&a." feature on book tv is the fares and book festivals around the country. in september we are in new york for the brooklyn book festival's elevating its 10th year. in early october -- celebrating its 10th year.

in early october where live in austin for the texas book festival, and near the end of the month we will cover two book festivals on the same weekend. it is the wisconsin book festival in madison, and on the east coast, the boston book festival. in portland, and live for the 18th year in a row for the miami book fair international. the fairs and of festivals this fall on c-span 2's "book tv." withwsmakers is next congressman jordan of ohio. former newr from york governor george pataki, then former pennsylvania senator rick santorum, who are both seeking the republican mi