Congressional Terrorism-Related Hearings Include Testimony by Michael Cutler & Robert Charles

By Andrew Cochran

Two of our Contributing Experts testify this week before Congress. Michael Cutler will testify before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims on Thursday the 27th at 11:30 am ET on the topic, "Whether Attempted Implementation of the Senate Immigration Bill Will Result in an Administrative and National Security Nightmare." Other witnesses will include the President of 9/11 Families For a Secure America and His Excellency, the Bishop of Brooklyn. Robert Charles will testify before the U.S. House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, on Wednesday the 26th at 2 pm ET on the topic, "Immigration: Responding to a Regional Crisis." Other witnesses will include officials from the State and Homeland Security Departments and from AID.

The schedule of other hearings for the remainder of the week is below.

Senate Committees

July 27, 2006
Senate Judiciary Committee
Detecting Smuggled Nuclear Weapons
Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on "Detecting Smuggled Nuclear Weapons."
Witnesses: Vayl Oxford, director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Homeland Security Department; Pete Nanos, associate director for research and development, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Defense Department; Deputy Energy Undersecretary for Counterterrorism Steven Aoki; and Fred Ikle, scholar, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Location: 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building. 2:15 p.m. (July 27, 2006)
Contact: 202-224-5225

July 28, 2006

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Cyber Security/Infrastructure Reconstitution
Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security Subcommittee hearing on "Cyber Security: Recovery and Reconstitution of Critical Networks."
Witnesses: George Foresman, undersecretary for preparedness for the Commonwealth of Virginia; Richard Schaeffer, director of information assurance at the National Security Agency; Karen Evans, administrator for electronic government and information technology at the Office of Management and Budget; David Powner, director of technology management issues at the Government Accountability Office; Tom Noonan, chairman of ISS; Roberta Bienfait, senior vice president at AT&T Global Network Operations; Michael Aisenberg, director of government relations at Verisign and vice chairman of the IT Sector Coordinating Council; and Karl Brondell of State Farm, representing the Business Roundtable
Location: 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building. 9:30 a.m. (July 28, 2006)
Contact: 202-224-4751

House Committees

July 26, 2006
House International Relations Committee
Regional Immigration Crisis
Western Hemisphere Subcommittee hearing on "Immigration: Responding to a Regional Crisis." This hearing is one of seven Republican announced hearings in opposition to the "Reid-Kennedy bill" more commonly known as the "McCain-Kennedy" bill.
Witnesses: Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Crescenio Arcos of the Office of International Affairs, Office of Policy; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Elizabeth Whitaker in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Mark Silverman, principal deputy assistant administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development; Robert Charles, president, The Charles Group, LLC; Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Council of the Americas; Manuel Orozco, senior associate, Remittances and Rural Development Program, Inter-American Dialogue
Location: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building. 2 p.m. (July 26, 2006)
Contact: 202-225-5021

July 27, 2006
House Homeland Security Committee
Chemical Facility Security/Regulation
Full committee markup of H.R.5695, the "Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006."
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building. 10 a.m. (July 27, 2006)
Contact: 202-226-9600

House Judiciary Committee
Citizen and Immigration Services Burden
Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Subcommittee hearing on "Whether Attempted Implementation of the Senate Immigration Bill Will Result in an Administrative and National Security Nightmare." This hearing is one of seven Republican announced hearings in opposition to the "Reid-Kennedy bill" more commonly known as the "McCain-Kennedy" bill.
Witnesses: TBA
Location: 2141 Rayburn House Office Building. 11:30 a.m. (July 27, 2006)
Contact: 202-225-3951

House Select Intelligence Committee
FISA Legislation
Full committee hearing on "FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) Legislation."
Witnesses: TBA
Location: 2212 Rayburn House Office Building. 1 p.m. (July 27, 2006)
Contact: 202-225-4121

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