mr. tierney for his opening statement. >> thank you mr. chairman. professor warren let me welcome in thank you for your dedication to the american consumer. i think you are doing an excellent job. the cost of a lack of regulation certainly is clear to all of us and culminated in the recession we have been suffering through for some time. it is amazing that some people in both branches of this legislature seem to be attacking entities set up to be the champion of the american consumer and the taxpayer. some seem bent on sabotaging dodd-frank, consumer taxpayer protections in order to cover for the wall street banks who most america believe wrecked our economy, got a taxpayer bailout sometimes too, felt nothing of value for america except for financial recs that ended up soaking the american public. it there has been too little legal, moral or financial reckoning by these wrongdoers and frankly the lack of accountability of ms. greed and misdeeds is stunning. i want to add some comments to reiterate what the ranking member talked about in terms of for

mr. tierney: i thank the chairman. mr. chairman, this amendment is relatively straightforward. it ensures two important army corps of engineer accounts, construction and operation and maintenance, will be funded at last year's level. i certainly understand that the committee was challenged by the allocation it was allotted and that was $1 billion below fiscal year 2011 and nearly $6 billion less than the president's request. despite that, i appreciate the chairman's added $195 million to the president's budget request for the army corps of engineers, he's to be commended for that. unfortunately i think that congress can and must do better. according to the army corps, we have 59 ports and harbors that carry about 90% of our economic activity in this country. 2.2 billion tons of cargo and $1.4 trillion in commerce. in testimony before the senate committee last year, an official for the united states chamber of commerce discussed the importance of our ports, inland and coastal waterways, to america's businesses. this is what the official said. he said the business community from

mr. tierney of massachusetts. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 162, the nays are 246. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on an amendment offered by the gentleman from missouri, mr. gafse. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. graves of missouri. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is o

mr. tierney for five minutes. >> mr.lord, this joint vulnerability assessment, what is your analysis of how likely it is that 100% of the airports could undergo that particular scrutiny every year? >> we don't think it would be appropriate to do it every year but perhaps on a rolling basis. that is how they do it now. they have a target within a three-year timeframe. they try to focus complete jda's on airport. obviously they are expensive and you need to get the fbi's cooperation. >> currently there is a three-year ruling planet to 100% of airports within that timeframe? >> that would be difficult to achieve under our current process. i would defer to mr. sammon on that. he would know more about that. >> but it is your understanding that is the plan? >> is not the plan. it -- is mr. sammon stated the current goal is not to do 100%. my point is they do them on a rolling three-year base is. >> mr. sammon how many things i risk assessments would be done on a three-year base is? >> i would have to back -- get back to our br

mr. tierney from massachusetts. >> thank you very much. mr. lloyd, the joint folder of the assessment what's your analysis of how likely it is that 100% of the airports could undergo that particular scrutiny every year? >> we don't think would be appropriate to do every year but perhaps on a ruling basis that's what they do now. they have a target within a three year time frame they try to focus, complete the high-risk airports. it's not a matter of resources but obviously they are expensive and you need to get the cooperations. >> so there are the plans to 100% of the risk airports in that timeframe. >> the would be difficult to achieve under the current process. i would defer to mr. sammon on that. >> but your understanding is that is the plan? >> it's not the plan, it's as mr. sammon stated the current goal was not to 100%. my point is they do them on a ruling three-year basis. >> how many of the high-risk inputs would be done on the ruling basis? >> i have to get back to the operations. i would be happy to respond with the committee on tha

mr. chairman and ranking member tierney. my name is mr. parker and i'm inspector of the k-9 unit and i'm here to speak with you about what dogs can do to protect airport with airport security and detect explosives. dogs do not de prosheyate like machinery does. their skill level will increase with experience. perimeter security is of great concern to airports and transportation administration. many surveillance and camerasal protect their perimeter, but the problem is if nothing appears on the camera you can't assume nothing is there. someone has to respond and make sure no one is hiding from the camera. a well-trained law enforcement officer with a well-trained patrol dog can find and address that immediately without waiting for backup. on september 11, 2001, we used explosive dogs to sweep airport terminals, the dogs were use to the sweep in the morning and in the evening when the terminal closed. i saw a real surge in interest in k-9 capability after 9/11. people realized dogs are effective in crowded environments. amtrak trains are ran

mr. tierney. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr. wall before you were transferred to the atf field office in tijuana mexico you are in the phoenix office, is that correct? >> yes, sir. i was. you said in your testimony personally saw some of the trafficking cases languish in the u.s. attorney's office. is that an accurate statement? >> yes, sir. >> we have also had other atf agents tell us the same thing that there was a liking am perceiving of these cases in the u.s. attorney's office. when was that. macrotime you were assigned to the phoenix office? >> well, i was working primarily grim trafficking to mexico from 2007 until i left for tijuana in 2009, following 2009. >> mr. newell a number of atf witnesses that the committee interviewed has said this case was ready for indictment probably in august of 2010 but the u.s. attorney's office didn't really seek the indictments until june of 2011. is that an accurate reflection? >> yes, sir. >> do you know why you experience these delays? >> i think that is a question better asked by the

mr. tierney. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr.before you were transferred to the atf field office in tijuana mexico you are in the phoenix office, is that correct? >> yes, sir. i was. you said in your testimony personally saw some of the trafficking cases languish in the u.s. attorney's office. is that an accurate statement? >> yes, sir. >> we have also had other atf agents tell us the same thing that there was a liking am perceiving of these cases in the u.s. attorney's office. when was that. macrotime you were assigned to the phoenix office? >> well, i was working primarily grim trafficking to mexico from 2007 until i left for tijuana in 2009, following 2009. >> mr. newell a number of atf witnesses that the committee interviewed has said this case was ready for indictment probably in august of 2010 but the u.s. attorney's office didn't really seek the indictments until june of 2011. is that an accurate reflection? >> yes, sir. >> do you know why you experience these delays? >> i think that is a question better asked by the u.s.