>> they're not dedicated solely to twic. they're looking at everything from what infrastructure is in place. those exist at all of our sectors, all of our ports throughout the united states. one example of that is we recently shut down a facility in miami because it didn't have the appropriate safeguards, unrelated to twic. there were holes in the fence line that would allow people with no business to enter into those facilities. >> and how long has twic been online? >> well, twic was implemented on 2009, april 15th. that's when 2,700 facilities were required to have twic and on that milestone date all facilities were in compliance. the twic reader will be critical as we go forward. that will be the next enabling mechanism. a biometric chip is what provides the next level of security, beyond the visual recognition on the existing twic. >> thank you, gentleman. i yield back, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. seeing no one else on the other side, i will go to mrs. blackburn from tennessee for five minutes. >> thank you, mr

provides. >> twic is the only part -- that is very significant. the coast guard will remain the most important element of that regime. ten of the 12 suffered significant prabs and were taken out of problems. is that right? >> the coast guard does not have any fully operating agency operating centers those these were required to be established by october 2009? extensive cuts have been proposed and this budget will conclude the acquisition of the fast response cutter at a number of substantially below the approved program of record. finally this is my question. can you comment particularly in the maritime security arena in light of the budget constraints. we have always complained about the coast guard not having enough money. particularly since 911 with regard to the budget cuts. >> i was the federal on scene coordinator and the president corrected that we driple our response effort. we were able to do the same during the earthquake in haiti. and we did the same during return katrina. the challenges is what if we have multiple threats. what if we h

the other is about the twic cards. they are important, but it seems like there could be a better way to allow the people who receive them to pick them up. improvement in that system would be helpful to my community. who is the expert on the process at the airport? >> the airport would be myself. >> today, i was asked to take off my watch. why? >> i was not there with you. it is possible that the officer working to facilitate the travel of customers might have felt that it would alarm and you would have had an easier experience by removing it. you are not required to remove your watch. >> everybody was. she was announcing, take off your watch. if the light is on, they will not pass you. they say, it will save you cost in the future. that is not epa's job. nor is it your job to make it less likely. i do not get it. it makes no sense to me at all. she said, you've got to take it off. the rules need to be consistent. for a while, we did not issues. -- do shoes. shoes must be looked laid flat on the conveyor belt. is that a

the other is about the twic cards. they are important, but it seems like there could be a better way to allow the people who receive them to pick them up. improvement in that system would be helpful to my community. who is the expert on the process at the airport? >> the airport would be myself. >> today, i was asked to take off my watch. why? >> i was not there with you. it is possible that the officer working to facilitate the travel of customers might have felt that it would alarm and you would have had an easier experience by removing it. you are not required to remove your watch. >> everybody was. she was announcing, take off your watch. if the light is on, they will not pass you. they say, it will save you cost in the future. that is not epa's job. nor is it your job to make it less likely. i do not get it. it makes no sense to me at all. she said, you've got to take it off. the rules need to be consistent. for a while, we did do shoes. shoes must be looked laid flat on the conveyor belt. is that a uniform rule?

undergo a security check undersea at twic. it is required to 2700 regulatory facilities and 50 unregulated facilities. the transportation security administration has primary responsibility for the issue when it's oftwics, the coast guard has responsibility for ensuring compliance. the coast guard continues to conduct unannounced and announced inspections to ensure compliance. the coast guard has verified more than 213,000 twics. in accordance with a safe port act, the pilot program was conducted to evaluate the feasibility and technical and operational impacts of implementing a system. electronic readers add another layer of security associated with the twic. report on the pilot program was delivered to congress on february 27. the coast guard is incorporating the results of the pilot. this will apply requires to leverage security benefits and abilities. section 809 of the coast guard authorization act of 2010 and amended the original requirements. as elements of the coast guard issuance process relies upon data out receipts,

none of foreign mariners carry twics. the coast guard must defend our coast, rusty thousand but see, respond to marine casualties rescue thousands at sea. this service of 42,000 active- duty officers do all this on a budget of less than $10 billion a year. less than 2% of the budget. they now face additional cuts. the coast guard does all we ask them to do. we cannot continue to stretch the service and assume they will never break. i yelled back. thank you for your courtesy. >> first of all, thank you so much. i am honored to co-chair this hearing with you. sorry there was a little bit of a delay. i am pleased to be with you. thank you for your leadership. this is a very important agency that we have joint responsibility over. our committee has some limited oversight responsibility under transportation, as you may recall. tsa was created -- i happen to chair the subcommittee on aviation in 2001 after the terrorist attacks. since that time, tsa has grown from 16,500 screeners and a small cadre of different transportation s

seconds again and not breathing for the secretarsecond time we said say and you check the air ways twic and when you know someone is dead you move on. let's go through the categories. walking wounded and anybody tha follows directions and get up and walk and it's green. d is delayed and anybody that i injured but we don't think it's life-threatening. i is the people that need treatment right now and d is th dead and black and during triag you open an air way and how lon does that take? two seconds and it takes ten seconds to check and bleeding - the only bleeding i want you to treat during triage are arteria bleeding and spurting out and you could bleed to death in about three minutes and shock and if the person is unconsciou on the chair and how do i treat for shock? lay down and lift the feet and cover you and takes ten -15 seconds and i move on. the categories, black for peopl that are dead and green people that are walking and the only two categories left are red and yellow. this rule here that i'm going t teach you now and i want you to memorize it and this is the rul that is going

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