one tenet of the nema proposal stands above others as chairman rogers reminded us last year president eisenhower stated our nation deserve security but we also deserve solvency. in these budget constrained times, nema is committed to working with you and achieving both of these goals. throughout this process, we want to initiate a dialogue with all stakeholders. we thank you for this forum to do just. that i appreciate the opportunity to participate in this hearing. i look forward to any questions you may have. >> thank you. >> thank you. good morning, chairman and ranking member and members of the subcommittee. i thank you for the opportunity to offer testimony. i am the director and general manager of the port authority transhudson corporation, a subsidiary of the port authority of new york and new jersey. today i'm testifying as chairman of the security affairs steering committee of the american public transportation association. mr. chairman, according to the mineta transportation institute, since 1970 more than 2,000 separate attacks have occurred worldwide on surface transportat

how does nema measure performance, and what lessons learn candidate you share with the rest of the stakeholder community? >> one of the better measures is what the federal government does not have to do because of the capabilities that exist in local and state government about empg. i was just looking at the report that we submitted to the committee just the other -- just yesterday, i believe. there was something like 98 or 99 presidential disasters. there were another 250 state events that did not rise to a level of a disaster, largely because of the ability of the states to control, manage, and prepare in advance and coordinate response. there were thousands of other events that the local governments manage that require very little or no intervention by the state because their professional staff at the local level are equipped, skilled, and talented enough to address the problem, keep it from getting out of proportion. so in addition to the fact that when we're allocating $350 million, that immediately is a minimum of $700 million that is with our match requirement. and the additional moneys

nema remains committed to working with you in achieving both goals. through the process, with one to initiate a dialogue with obstacles. -- with all stakeholders. i appreciate the opportunity to participate in the hearing and look forward to any questions you may have. >> today i am testifying as chairman of the security affairs steering committee of the american public transportation association. according to the transportation institute, since 1970, more than 2000 separate attacks have occurred worldwide on surface transportation causing over 6000 deaths and 19,000 injuries. the government accountability office along with government agencies have testified to congress that public transportation in america remains vulnerable to terrorist attacks. al qaeda remains interested in targeting the transit sector. more needs to be done to prevent and prepare for such a potential attack. we have been fortunate to date not having a direct attack carried out in our transit systems. we have foiled plots and arrested individuals who intended to attack the systems

thought it would have some fair amount of viewers but it became like the biggest success in the polish nema since last year and the people have going two or three times to watch the movie and it's not an easy movie to watch as you know and the people of different opinions and even quite right wing people they in some way open up to this movie so it's some kind of the art of the reunion is this movie and reunite a lot of different people and also to reunite the survivors and the children and grandchildren of the survivo. i also met the woman who was a little girl in the movie and wrote the book about her experience and she met the person, the polish guy who wrote to us she was the one who saw them coming in the sewer and they met at the premier of the movie. it's like a lot of miraculous things happened and for me it's the lesson you have really open up. you have really to -- you cannot judge, you know. if you judge you reinforce the stereotypes. you try to give some meaning to that like moralistic meaning and that is wrong because i think the experience of the holocaust was meaningless. the

doesnema measure performance -- how does nema measure performance? >> one of them better measures is what the federal government does not have to do because of the capabilities at lake -- state and local governments. i was just looking at the report is submitted to the committee digester but -- just yesterday. there were 250 state events that did not rise to a level of a disaster, largely because of the ability of the states to control, manage, and preparing a dance and coordinate a response. there are thousands of other events that local governments manage the require very little or no intervention by the state. they are professional staff at the local level or is skipped -- pickwick and skilled and talented enough to address the problem and keep it from getting out of proportion. in addition to that that we are allocated $350 million, that is a minimum of $700 million with our match requirement and the additional moneys that most jurisdictions match at the local level. we have tried to report clearly how empg is saving money by allowing the respons