mr. mcaleenan. >> mcaleenan, right. >> yes, thank you. kevin, my good friend, no. >> that works. . >> a distinguished name. your answer to that please, sir. >> my answer would be the same, ma'am. >> okay. admiral? zukunft? >> we're not in the container screening but an element that wasn't introduced was the foreign port assessments. >> that's correct. >> over 153 nations, four that we don't do trade with, and such there's another piece of it. we're embedded with cbp. we screened 28.5 million people last year. getting back to the congressman from jar's question looking at those people. are there holes in the fence line in a foreign port where there are not good access control points where someone can enter that facility and then introduce an object into a container. >> manifest. >> screening people, is there somebody on that vessel that may do the same? and then impose conditions of entry on those vessels that may enter a u.s. port. that comes down to let's not stop it at the terminal. so we currently have the resources to do these foreign

mr. mcaleenan, the this congressional law was to give us within a reasonable period of time 100% scans on container shipments coming to the u.s. where are we at this point in that 100%? >> in terms of a total percentage sir? >> yes. >> okay. our csi program covers 80% of global trade to the u.s. in terms of the actual scanning, we do about 45,000 inspections last year. through our csi port prior to ladying on vessels. that is a little bit less than 1% of the total cargo headed to the u.s. and then we scan an additional 4% upon arrival domestically in the united states. >> all right. in layman's terms, what percent cargo that's coming to the u.s. right now is not scanned? >> in the maritime environment in terms of physical scanning, that would be over 95%, the vast majority. >> all right. why not? >> well, we've been discussing with you, sir, and your committee for several years the complexities of this process and the tests that we've undertaken with sfi to examine the feasibility of the physical scanning in particular. at the same time, we've been aggressively pursuing it's a layered app

mr. mcaleenan? >> thank you. >> my good friend >> that works, congressman. a distinguished name and your answer to that, please, sir. ischemic my answer would be the same. >> admiral? >> we are not in the container screening and i don't think that was introduced was the for an assessment system of 153 nations but we don't to trade with and another piece of it and then we are in that it with the cbp and screen 28.5 million people last year getting back to the congressman from georgia's question is looking at those people one or their holes in the fence to say in the form where there are not good access control point where someone can enter the facility and then introduced an object into a container that isn't in the manifest. and then screaming people on the vessel that me to the same looking at history and then impose history on the vessels that may enter the u.s. port. and that will only comes down to what stopped the threat before it enters the u.s. parts and what isn't stopping at term. so we currently have the resources to do these assessments. we have r

mr. mcaleenan? >> thank you. >> my good friend >> that works, congressman. a distinguished name and your answer to that, please, sir. ischemic my answer would be the same. >> admiral? >> we are not in the container screening and i don't think that was introduced was the for an assessment system of 153 nations but we don't to trade with and another piece of it and then we are in that it with the cbp and screen 28.5 million people last year getting back to the congressman from georgia's question is looking at those people one or their holes in the fence to say in the form where there are not good access control point where someone can enter the facility and then introduced an object into a container that isn't in the manifest. and then screaming people on the vessel that me to the same looking at history and then impose history on the vessels that may enter the u.s. port. and that will only comes down to what stopped the threat before it enters the u.s. parts and what isn't stopping at term. so we currently have the resources to do these assessments. we have r

mr. mcaleenan? >> thank you. >> my good friend >> that works, congressman. a distinguished name and your answer to that, please, sir. ischemic my answer would be the same. >> admiral? >> we are not in the container screening and i don't think that was introduced was the for an assessment system of 153 nations but we don't to trade with and another piece of it and then we are in that it with the cbp and screen 28.5 million people last year getting back to the congressman from georgia's question is looking at those people one or their holes in the fence to say in the form where there are not good access control point where someone can enter the facility and then introduced an object into a container that isn't in the manifest. and then screaming people on the vessel that me to the same looking at history and then impose history on the vessels that may enter the u.s. port. and that will only comes down to what stopped the threat before it enters the u.s. parts and what isn't stopping at term. so we currently have the resources to do these assessments. we have r

mcaleenan come office of operations customs and border protection admiral paul zukunft -- i never pronouncing that correctly. assistant, not for marines to the security and stewardship of the u.s. coast guard and mr. steve caldwell, director of maritime security from the gao. and today, our very important topic is the global supply china and i would recognize myself for an opening statement. .. >> i've actually had the opportunity recently, really, to visit some of our nation's largest ports and see firsthand the hard work that the men and women of customs and border prerks in -- protection and the united states coast guard to to protect our nation. it's clear more work has to be done. whether it's coming into the ports or travels by trucks coming through el paso or what have you or coming from train from the canadian border, we have to ensure we understand the risks posed by shipments in order to secure the entire global supply chain. the logistics involved are incredibly complex. security solutions we propose should cognizant of the reality. in today's hear, we'll examine how we balance maritime security and the needs to facilitate trade and not place a burden to the flow of goods that are vita

mr. mcaleenan, the goal of this congressional law was to give us within a reasonable period of time 100% scans on the container shipments coming into the u.s. at 100%. >> in terms of the total percentage, sir? >> yes. >> our csis program covers 80% of the global trade to the u.s. in terms of the actual scanning. we do about 45,000 inspections last year through our ports prior on the vessels. that is a little bit less than 1% of the total cargo headed to the u.s. and then we scan an additional 4% upon of rival domestically in the united states. >> all right. in layman's terms, what% of cargo that's coming to the u.s. right now is not stand? >> in terms of physical scanning that would be the vast majority come over 95%. >> why not? >> well, we've been discussing with you and your committee for several years the complexity to this process and the test that we've undertaken with ssi to examine the feasibility of the physical scanning in particular. at the same time, we've been aggressively pursuing the lawyer approach focused on the coordination at the csis with our former partners on the hi