Pete Hoekstra: “I am glad to confirm that the understanding that the gentleman has is correct. The information-sharing environment will…”

“I am glad to confirm that the understanding that the gentleman has is correct. The information-sharing environment will serve as a means by which individual agencies, including DHS, can meet their statutory information-sharing mandates. It will enable and assist agencies in meeting their information-sharing responsibilities. In particular, I can confirm that the ISE does not supplant or in any way diminish the information-sharing responsibilities of DHS. Indeed, DHS will be an interconnected component of the ISE, which will facilitate the Department's execution of its statutory mission as the primary Federal agency responsible for sharing terrorism-related information with State, local and private sector officials and the public.”