I cannot tell you how delighted and how nice it is to have the Committee outside of Washington, DC.

taking cruises from U.S. ports is a very safe type of vacation for enjoyment.

As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I worked to ensure that the University of Findlay's antiterrorism program received careful attention during the appropriations process.

As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I worked to ensure that the University of Findlay's antiterrorism program received careful attention during the appropriations process.

Ohio is fortunate to have a high-quality bioterrorism preparedness training program at the University of Findlay.

Ohio is fortunate to have a high-quality bioterrorism preparedness training program at the University of Findlay.

That is a good summary, because in World War II, a lot of information from the private sector was considered secret, classified, shared with the government with the understanding that it would not be available.

In the spirit of full disclosure, I am going to be very shameless in pushing my bill.

That is exactly the point of my bill. It says you can share this information and it will stay secure within the government.

This has happened. Someone got into the computer system at a dam and was in a position to control whether or not the floodgates would be opened or closed.

Thank you for these series of hearings that you are holding that are really a comprehensive series.

The issues that the Chairman has identified, are both the security issue as well as trying to move trade.

The Northern Border receives about two-thirds of the truck traffic, about 85 percent of the trains.

We have the longest coast, actually, of all the four coasts.

We, who are on the Northern Border, are particularly very keenly interested in this subject.

I think because of this, we really need to listen to you on this war that we are fighting now because the battlefronts on domestic terrorism are going to be in your cities.

This is unacceptable.

We need a battle plan in which we manage the incident and we manage the fear around the incident.