mr. heyman, thank you for being with us. when you provide a full statement of the witnesses that were made part of the record. mr. heyman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. for having us here today. let me thank you and join in thanking your service, support for the department over the years and for economic security for even longer. the topic today continues to be one of great importance. as you know, the attempts of the past year to attack the united states made the international accounting for the aviation system quite clear. in both cases, terrorists like to strike at america by using international aviation system. the structures and operations across multiple countries and international airports to attack us here at home. the key lesson in both of these incidences if you have access to one part of system, you have access to the entire system. this attempted attacks highlight the fact that the terrorist threat is a global challenge and ensuring aviation security is a shared responsibility. consequently, efforts to protect amer

mr. heyman explain, they are monitored by my inspectors. we go there at least once a year to look at the air carrier inspection activities and we go into an airport assessment at least every one to three years to ensure that they are fully complying with the standards. when they are not fully comply, we take actions with the government or even as the airport to provide additional training. >> senator rockefeller. >> i agree with the center on the public's adjusting to more security. there really is not any choice, and the pat-downs, which actually affect only about 3% of the people who go onto airplanes, and they have to fail another test to get that, it is sensationalized and it makes everybody nervous. fact, it is necessary, and others have learned how to live with this, and i think we can, too. i agree that tsa is doing a terrific job at it, and on most trips i will find a tsa person, particularly in rural areas where they are dealing with a family that does not speak the english language all that well, but they handle a very nicely. i t

mr. heyman mentioned, we are working on the national security program reviews. there are a number of countries, in fact the top 20 exporters to the united states, the majority of them have a very robust security programs. we have a security program to which we are going through each of the countries. we are evaluating the programs coming to the countries, looking at the actual process, following a box from the point at which the shipper and sit in to the point it gets on the aircraft to determine whether that is meeting with our needs are as far as the 100% screening requirement. for training, we have developed a pretty comprehensive cargo training program. we have to act will approaches. one is looking at cargo screen based on the requirements. currently receive requirements focus on implementing security controls. it doesn't dictate that you screamed the cargo. with amendment 12 it opens the door and that is the most recent iteration of international some alleviation organizations amex 17, that opens the door to more stringent activities regarding cargo, but t