rear admiral paul zukunft is responsible for developing national marine safety, security and environmental protection doctrine, policy and regulations as well as ensuring policy alignment through the federal government and with international maritime partners. he recently served as the federal on screen coordinator for the deep water who awater h incident in the gulf. he directed federal, state and local agency mies in their respe sefrts. fr. >> mr. steve caldwell recent reports covered issues related to protecting critical infrastructure, maritime transportation security act and court security exercises, maritime domain awareness, container security programs and risk management for critical structure, as well. the chair will recognize mr. heyman. >> thank you for allowing me to be here. i'm pleased to highlight our work. this is an issue of great importance to us. international trade is this this engine that has how the power of economies all around the world, billions of dollars worth of commodities and merchandises move between trading partners every honesty by hand, sea and air. and th

assistant commissioner kevin 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 exa