stroud? >> i would say that primarily, for using our national targeting center, we begin to look at the travel patterns of folks. we get that information well before they get on the plane. in addition to that, as you've taken a visit for miami international, you'll see that customs and borders excutes all of their regular protocol with respect to arriving passengers regardless of who still receives. >> it's also working with our foreign allies to identify who these people are. who's associated with them and what he happens we can decipher from our intentions. as prchlt stroud mentioned, it's the airline reservation data, drawing links to pieces of information we know would give us national security concerns and who can be associated to that. but also looking at travel patterns based on prior activities. and what's the right point in that process to intercept this person wfr they get on board that plane. we have officers stationed overseas at about 11 locations, major airports, cbp officers, n

stroud?>> i would say primarily our national targeting center was cbp we began to look at the travel patterns of folks and we get that information well before they actually get on the plane. in addition to that as you have taken a visit to miami international you will see customs and border protection executes all of their rigor protocol with respect to ambassadors regardless of their visa visa waiver or global entry people still receive and i will defer to my colleague on the rest. >> is also working with foreign governments and allies to identify these people who are seceded with them and what we can decide from their intentions. going through that data and drawing links to pieces of information we know would give us national security concerns and who can be associated but also looking at travel patterns based on prior activities or intelligence reports on what we think would present national security concerns. that's a matter of reaching back through that travel continuum. what is the righ

stroud? >> i would say that primarily through are using our national targeting center with cbp we begin to look at the travel patterns of folks and we get that information well before the actually get on the plane. in addition to that, as you have taken a visit to miami international, you'll see that customs and border protection executes all of the regular protocol with respect to arriving passengers, regardless if they are visa waiver or even global entry people still receive check and i will defer to my colleague on the rest. >> is also working with our foreign counterparts and governments and allies to identify who these people are, whose associate with him and what else we can decipher from their intentions. as mr. stroud mentioned it using our advanced analysis through the airline reservation data, going to the data, drawing links to pieces of information we know would give us national security concerns and to can be associated to that but also looking at travel patterns based on prior

michael stroud acting assistant secretary for the private sector office of the department of homelandity and john wegner acting assistant commissioner for the office of field operations at the united states customs and border protection. before we started wanting to know that you're written statements will be part of the record and i'd like to remind you please limit your oral remarks to five minutes. mr. hyatt please proceed with your statement. >> chairman schatz ranking members scott and members of the committee think every opportunity speak about the department of commerce's role in supporting coordinating the u.s. government's national travel and tourism strategy. want to thank my colleagues for their leadership and partnership in the hard work in moving the strategy forward. it's truly an administration wide effort. the travel and tourism industry now accounts for 26% of america's services exports, 8% of exports overall. travel and tourism is our largest service export it all together the trade surplus industry is bigger than ever at $57 billion in 2013. that's 20% higher than t

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michael stroud, acting assistant secretary for the private sector office at the department of homeland security. and john wagner, acting assistant commissioner for the office of field operations at the united states customs and border protection. before we start, i want you to know your win statements will be part of the record. i want to remind you to please limit your oral remarks to five minutes. mr. hyatt, please proceed with your statement. >> chairman, ranking member scott, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak about the department of commerce's role in supporting and coordinating the u.s. government's national travel and tourism strategy. i first want to thank my colleagues here today for their leadership, partnership, and hard work in moving this strategy forward. it is truly an administration-wide effort. the travel and tourism industry now counts for more than 26% of america's services exports and 8% of exports overall. travel and tourism is our largest services export. al sw altogether the trade surplus in the industry is bigger than ever at $57 bi