Daniel Donovan

We have made great progress in hardening our defenses against terrorists who wish to do us harm.

I urge the Senate to take action on it without further delay.

I get very concerned from time to time in reference to the cuts that are made to the grants and the funding for homeland preparedness when we always see the military budget escalated.

It is vital that the public have confidence in the alerts they receive from their Government--Federal, State, or local alerts.

I firmly believe that the most equitable and commonsense solution is to have only one military housing area for all of New York City.

Considering the current threat environment in the United States, evidenced by many incidents over the past few months, including two terrorist attacks in New York City, one in October and the other in December 2017, the accuracy and…

Unfortunately, there have been erroneous emergency alerts sent to the public that undermines the confidence in the system and the messages that are shared.

I am glad that the FCC voted last week to require the delivery of alerts to 100 percent of the target area identified by the alert system with no more than one-tenth of a mile overshoot.

There is a need for a technology clearinghouse where operators can review impartial assessments of the technology available to them.

This attempted terrorist attack is a stark reminder of how vulnerable our surface transportation systems are to terrorist attacks.

The open systems, multiple hubs, and lack of screening has made surface transportation systems a target for terrorist organizations and their sympathizers for years.

Surface transportation systems serve over 10 billion riders annually. Like me--I am one of those 10 billion riders--these people depend on the reliability and safety of this critical infrastructure, and so does our economy.