i'm captain john holmes, director of operations for the port of los angeles. my testimony focuses on experience of the port of los angeles and apa's u.s. members. my written testimony has been submitted for the record. i'll summarize it briefly before i answer any questions. in the decades since 9/11, a key component of the nation's effort to harden the security of sea ports has been the port security grant program. under the safe port act, the port security grant program is authorized at $400 million. unfortunately, in the last few years, the funding for this program has decreased dramatically. there were other adverse changes to the fy 2012 grants as well. first, the term of performance has been changed from three years to two years. although we appreciate the need to execute projects, we are concerned that such a move will shift the focus to buying stuff rather than developing solutions. the past period performance made it difficult to exercise these solutions. the current period will make it impossible. cost share requirements have been an obstacle. i appr

john holmes, deputy executive director for the port of los angeles and representing the american association of florida authorities. jim mullen, the current president of the emergency managers association and also the direct your of the washington department of emergency management. he is representing the national emergency managers association. and last but certainly not least, mr. michael depalo who is the director and general manager of the port authority trans hudson corporation. thank you for being here this morning. and we look forward to hearing from each of you as you give us your thoughts and opinions on the grants reform that has been introduced. this bill is on effort by this committee last year and how the grant is -- has been set up. but we recognize that there are challenges and we believe that it is also time for reform. if you could, maybe keep your kmants to two or three minutes and summarize it for the committee. bear in mind that your written testimony will be placed in the record so before i begin with the open testimony, let me recognize mr. price. >> thank you, mr. chai

i am captain john holmes, the director of the port of los angeles. my written testimony has been submitted for the record. i will summarize briefly before i answer questions. in the decade since 911 a component of our effort to increase security at the ports, the grant program is authorized a $400 million. in the last few years, the funding for the program has decreased dramatically. there were other adverse changes to the grants as well. the terms of performance has been changed from three years to t appears. we appreciate the need to execute projects. we are concerned such a move will shift the focus to buying stock rather than developing solutions. past performance made it difficult to execute these solutions. the current period will make it nearly impossible. cost share requirements have also been an obstacle. i appreciate it is effective to have skin in the game. it is often overlooked that the skin of the ports provide is the ongoing operations and maintenance costs for the grant- funded system. this is particularly true with technology and sys

i am captain john holmes from the port of los angeles. my testimony focuses on the experience of the port of los angeles. i written testimony has been submitted for the record. i will summarize it briefly before i answer any questions. in the decade since 9/11, a key component of our effort to tighten the security of seaports -- under the sake court act, the security grant program has authorized four hundred million. in the last few years, the funding for this program has decreased dramatically. there were other adverse changes to the fy12 brands as well prefers, the terms of performance has changed from three years to two years. although we appreciate the need to execute projects, we are concerned that such a move will shift the focus to buying stuff rather than developing solutions. it was difficult to execute these solutions. the current period could make it nearly impossible. i appreciate that it is effective for grantee to have skin in the game but is often overlooked that this in the ports provided the ongoing operations and mainten

john you are liurlicman j as we. we can include his peaceful desegregation of southern schools in 1970 in the wake of the supreme court's ruling in holmes versus alexander which said the south was to desegregate at once and hereafter prit only unityary school. differences among the nixon memo memoirs, mixon painted his actions as being statesman like, sapphire, price, garr man and schultz portrayed nixon as pragmatic in his approach to the south and school desegregation. earlier the critical of the memoirs depicts him as wily and effective. the president rode white southern backlash to re-election in 1972 while at the same time doing more to desegregate southern schools than any previous president. one thing the nixonian accounts had in common, none of the memoirists with the exception of garmet made civil rights the dominant or lead subject in their books. third school of thought the scholarly revision of the civil rights policies of nixon had its orins in the 1980s and 1990s and first decade of the 21st century. why did it happen? well documents opened. tempers and passions cooled at least somewhat. there was a wistful longing for lib

john ehrlichman as well. these writers stressed his policies and accomplishments, such as his peaceful desegregation of southern schools in 1970 in the wake of the supreme court's ruling in holmes versus alexander, which said that the south was to desegregate at once and to hereafter only operate unitary schools. also in his support for affirmative action and minority businesses, you can see this being stressed. differences among the nixon memoirs, mixon painted his actions as being statesman-like. others portrayed him as being pragmatic in his approach to the south. ehrlichman probably the most critical depicts nixon as wiley and effective. the president rode white southern backlash to re-election in 1972 while at the same time doing more to desegregate southern schools than any previous president. one thing the nixonian accounts had in common, none of these memoirists made several rights policy the dominant theme or the lead subject in their books. third school of thought would be the scholarly revision of nixon's civil rights policies. has its origins in the 1980s, continues through the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century. why did it happen? well, documents opened

holmes. >> i am frank somerville. structural engineers are on the scene after a fire tore through a berkeley apartment building. not far from the campus and you can see the flames there. ktvu's johnht with what we are learning about the cause of this fire. john? >> reporter: crews are still on scene trying to

quote from the reminisces of john watson, it was upon the 4th of march they have good reason to remember that i rose somewhat earlier than usual and found that sherlock holmes had not yet finished his breakfast, and so began the first of the sherlock holmes adventures published in 1887, but the sleuth was in the year of 1881. as doyle smraibed in a recorded interview, he based the character on joseph bell, a scottish physician who could diagnose patients virtually at a glance. >> i thought i would try writing a story as dr. bell treated disease, and science could take the place of chance. >> the result was sherlock holmes. >> lee: 59 more stories followed, when doyle tired of the hero and tried to end the character with the evil moiarity, pressure was to bring him back. doyle died in 1930, was holmes and watson toiled on in the movies. >> my prediction is he'll be murdered. >> murdered? >> including 14 movies with bassil rathbone as holmes. >> beginning with the 1939 classic. the hound of the baskervilles. more recently holmes and watson came back to life again in two movies starring robert downey, jr. >> what was that about saving -- >> lee: so what accoun

john conyers who both volunteered during the freedom summer. congressman bob filner who spent several months in jail after his efforts of the freedom rider and he takes great pride being invited back. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton who was an organizer of the student nonviolent coordinated committee, and congresswoman terri sewell, who, along with congresswoman roby, co-sponsor of this legislation, as congresswoman sewell is from selma and her family opened their home to travelers on the 1965 march from selma to montgomery. sure, there are more, but all of these people played a role. john lewis, of course, an icon in our country for his leadership at that time. these members of congress and these american heroes made history. they also made progress for our country. i urge my colleagues to join in supporting this legislation to ensure that our history and our -- and the heroes, that that history lives on long after we are gone. with that, madam speaker -- mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. lungren: mr. speaker, at this time it's