mr. pistole. are these vipers organizations or groups solely based on risk or is there another criteria? >> congressman rogers it is primarily based on risk. we are all busy trying to make sure we are in those locations and at those times which present the greatest risk. there maybe may be some other criteria simply based on some ad hoc requirements but almost always based on risk, yes. >> that is all i've got mr. chairman. >> the gentleman yields back and i recognize the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis for five minutes. >> thank you very much mr. chairman i want to thank you for calling this hearing and take all of the witnesses for coming. mr. rodriguez, i know that your tenure is about to expire as president of the chicago transit authority, and i want to take this opportunity to commend you for your tremendous public service to not only the citizens of chicago but certainly to the nation. chicago as we know is the transportation hub and center of transportation for the nation, so the outsta

mr. pistole, please. >> for tsa come since i started last july, one of the first things i learned is that tsa can't be all things, all people, all pleases all times when it comes to mitigation recognizing we can never fully eliminate the risk but we can do a lot of things in terms of mitigating risk but the best way we do this through our partnerships and that is whether through grant funding, training, i think entities, agencies that treen perform together. we also get to the issue of it isn't a question of if but when there will be attacked in the homeland so how do we prepare for that attack and how can we respond to it. information sharing is a key part of that and i will try to keep my answer brief. >> yes, sir. as the grand ministry work with a lot of partners, but i have to for your benefit, for the chairman's benefit, i cannot express how glad i am that john pistole took the position as the administrator of tsa. i think we have a stronger relationship obviously when we are working with our locals.

mr. pistol. these viper organization or groups deployed solely based on risk or is there another criteria? >> congressman rogers, it is primarily based on risk. we are trying to make sure that we are in those locations and at those times which present the greatest risk. there may be other criteria simply based on some ad hoc retirements. but almost always based on risk. >> that's all i've got, mr. chairman. >> i recognize the gentleman from illinois, mr. davis, for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i want to thank you for calling this hearing. thank all of the witnesses for coming. mr. rodriguez i know your tenure is about to expire. as president of the chicago transit authority and i want to take this opportunity to commend you for your tremendous public service to not only the citizens of chicago but certainly to the nation because chicago as we know is the transportation hub and center of transportation for the nation. so the outstanding work that you have done as commissione

mr. pistole i would like to know where you involved with mr. fugate when these changes were proposed congresswoman. multipart question. let me address the part about the 62 and looking at in looking at those critical infrastructures. ?