WEBVTT 00:07.010 --> 00:10.500 Works we're going to excuse jammed city can tend to the duties 00:10.530 --> 00:13.810 of escorting the prime minister into the house are presented 00:13.810 --> 00:16.350 its mr. Irving your director 's for five minutes. 00:17.400 --> 00:18.680 Good morning mister chairman. 00:19.220 --> 00:21.570 On the to comings a and members of the committee. 00:22.130 --> 00:24.530 Appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today. 00:25.130 --> 00:28.420 Assorted arms and she fought for spin offs are the house of representatives 00:28.770 --> 00:31.500 on fully dedicated to ensuring the safety of the entire capitol 00:31.500 --> 00:35.330 complex mission performance post partnership and cooperation 00:35.330 --> 00:38.070 with the U.S. capitol police border and the men and women of 00:38.070 --> 00:39.550 the United States capitol police. 00:40.220 --> 00:43.370 Before even though I'd like to extend my facts to men and women 00:43.530 --> 00:46.390 of the U.S. capitol police for their capable and professional 00:46.390 --> 00:48.860 response to the incident on april fifteen. 00:49.490 --> 00:52.560 Years Kadeer police officers and officials promptly responded 00:52.560 --> 00:56.170 to the west front and a recipe individual uninsured the practice harmless. 00:57.230 --> 01:00.130 We're working closely with reporters in federal law enforcement 01:00.390 --> 01:01.570 departments of defense. 01:02.120 --> 01:05.540 Rotation and homeland security to maintain a robust airspace 01:05.540 --> 01:08.770 security within the challenging confines of the urban environment 01:09.040 --> 01:10.290 of the national capital region. 01:10.900 --> 01:14.120 In particular working with partners two-incher the most efficient 01:14.150 --> 01:17.340 and robust early detection tracking and warning systems. 01:17.920 --> 01:21.170 Ensuring there's consistent and constant inter-agency communication 01:21.560 --> 01:24.060 an early warning communicated in real tot. 01:24.640 --> 01:27.660 Improving and ensuring immediate and ongoing from vacations and 01:27.660 --> 01:29.500 alerts to members instead of. 01:30.080 --> 01:31.360 During a security incident. 01:31.970 --> 01:34.870 And holding the time measures and policies consistent with those 01:34.870 --> 01:35.570 can image. 01:36.650 --> 01:39.710 Since the that i've or bitchy for the capital we steal weiss 01:40.090 --> 01:43.360 the house notification system to alert members stepped to the 01:43.360 --> 01:46.910 extent possible visitors and it's time and that was possible. 01:47.450 --> 01:51.220 Taller to regarding all what safety and potentially threatening 01:51.600 --> 01:53.260 events that affect the capital community. 01:54.150 --> 01:55.370 The us uh. Oh fifteen. 01:55.900 --> 01:59.480 Boxes all the greatest asset of the capital to very openness 01:59.480 --> 02:02.980 and accessibility to to talk to be one of our greatest challenges. 02:03.580 --> 02:07.020 However every and stuff allows a store fire to delays answer 02:07.020 --> 02:09.750 training and be better prepare for every eventuality. 02:10.430 --> 02:12.760 On headed answer questions by kitchen. 02:13.990 --> 02:17.940 Thank you improve please be excuse to um and content to a sweet. 02:17.940 --> 02:20.820 Thank you when we look for to senior back at conclusion of a 02:20.820 --> 02:21.370 thought about. 02:21.980 --> 02:23.580 Apple you ever has five minutes. 02:24.850 --> 02:28.260 To german jay fits ranking member feminism to stay with members 02:28.260 --> 02:29.950 of the medium honored to be here today. 02:30.580 --> 02:33.750 From a national security perspective perspective. I wanna emphasize 02:33.750 --> 02:36.910 the sensitivity of these discussions and and on classified environment. 02:38.030 --> 02:40.720 And opened a session of even on classified information could 02:40.720 --> 02:43.310 be pieced together to pose a restore national security. 02:43.880 --> 02:46.550 Therefore I cannot going to many of a specific details like the 02:46.550 --> 02:50.160 insensitive it and I classified and barman are gonna close session. 02:50.320 --> 02:53.600 I'm ready and able to talk to you and much detail is unique. 02:54.180 --> 02:58.100 Nor ever all this provider or space warning and control to defend 02:58.100 --> 03:01.020 United States. And canada including the national capital region 03:01.020 --> 03:02.350 from all bachelor threats. 03:02.860 --> 03:05.550 Airspace surrounding a national capital region known as the watch 03:05.550 --> 03:08.340 ninty see special flight rules areas monarch by. 03:08.850 --> 03:12.580 Sophisticated integrated air defense system which is of the ass-ness network. 03:12.580 --> 03:15.620 That's radars cameras. Another detection morning devices. 03:16.330 --> 03:20.350 Each system is designed to detect track and monitor specific parameters. 03:21.060 --> 03:24.000 Integrated air defense system was implemented following in in 03:24.000 --> 03:27.070 direct response to the terrorist attacks of nine 11 has continued 03:27.070 --> 03:28.350 to of all the right over to. 03:29.320 --> 03:32.890 We're extremely capable of identifying tracks in attracting potential 03:32.890 --> 03:35.780 threats to the national capital region anything from commercially 03:35.820 --> 03:38.680 aviation down the small single propeller sliced aircraft like 03:38.680 --> 03:39.230 sets us. 03:39.940 --> 03:43.770 However small man's our dafter or similar low welted low speed 03:43.770 --> 03:46.650 aerial vehicles despite its is set assessed los rat. 03:47.660 --> 03:49.100 Presents a technical challenge. 03:49.810 --> 03:53.130 This is an inter agency uh for that collectively understands 03:53.130 --> 03:56.060 the technical challenges associated these types of threats. 03:56.580 --> 03:59.640 And vehicles and with our partners here at the table. We will 03:59.640 --> 04:02.490 continue to implement technical and perceive will solutions to 04:02.490 --> 04:05.530 close any scenes and other comedians questions. I look for to 04:05.590 --> 04:07.140 talk and be with you get that. 04:08.930 --> 04:11.090 Art. And to appreciate it. 04:11.630 --> 04:12.130 She sounds. 04:13.580 --> 04:16.600 Budget chairman chafe. That's great in number coming to distinguish 04:16.600 --> 04:19.580 members are committed but like to thank you for the up to dress 04:19.580 --> 04:23.800 that a part of that says rule of securing the airspace of washington d.c.. 04:24.780 --> 04:27.590 I'd like to acknowledge that aspects of this issue are very sensitive 04:27.900 --> 04:30.310 to the before part of it from a national security standpoint. 04:30.810 --> 04:33.600 I look for to continue this discussion up last part setting. 04:34.310 --> 04:36.530 Because I know there's much this doesn't will be great. 04:37.550 --> 04:41.570 To this than there are four points. I would like to emphasize today. 04:42.260 --> 04:45.470 The one that sending United States is so the part of the fences 04:45.470 --> 04:46.370 highest priority. 04:47.660 --> 04:51.720 Over to the department of fences. Well posh to defend the United States. 04:52.260 --> 04:56.390 Number three Barbara worked very closely with is for foreigners 04:56.700 --> 04:59.430 and one forced but to protect national capital or space. 05:00.030 --> 05:04.430 And last the department continually pursues opportunities to 05:04.430 --> 05:06.240 enhance are whole my defense capability. 05:07.300 --> 05:09.990 The national security strategy makes it clear denies. This government 05:09.990 --> 05:13.390 has no greater responsibility in protecting the American people. 05:14.140 --> 05:17.020 Our national defense strategy makes protecting and defending 05:17.450 --> 05:19.330 a home one of the Department's first for. 05:20.480 --> 05:22.650 To the men and women of the department of defense. 05:23.180 --> 05:26.820 Military and civilian the specific words of the reason they sir. 05:27.360 --> 05:30.630 And the very for for their professional wolves of the social. 05:31.580 --> 05:34.380 Every day peaceful and men or women with are serving geared home 05:34.700 --> 05:36.980 or song for off location across the globe. 05:37.540 --> 05:40.920 Dedicate themselves to protecting the American people and defend 05:40.920 --> 05:42.180 in the United. States. 05:44.640 --> 05:47.880 Due to the leadership of the president the secretary defence 05:48.250 --> 05:52.500 and the congresses dead cfa's support dod's. Well posture with 05:52.500 --> 05:55.660 the fareeza capabilities necessary to defend of Oman. 05:56.510 --> 06:00.190 Under a to Courtney's leadership and command the men and women 06:00.190 --> 06:04.660 of laura execute operation. Noble eagle monitoring the us or 06:04.660 --> 06:08.970 sprays conducting military operations to dissuade pitcher and 06:08.970 --> 06:11.940 if necessary to defeat airborne threats. 06:13.200 --> 06:16.700 In this effort to secure the skies over national nations capital. 06:17.210 --> 06:20.310 Than men and women of the part of the feds do not serve the Wall. 06:21.070 --> 06:23.880 We're joined by their product for its department Coleman security. 06:24.500 --> 06:25.840 Former transportation. 06:26.380 --> 06:29.830 Department and justice and our law enforcement borders and a 06:29.830 --> 06:33.450 whole government approach to protect international were space. 06:34.540 --> 06:38.520 Working together we're build a network that there is to protect 06:38.520 --> 06:41.660 the national or space system against any and all threats. 06:42.430 --> 06:45.460 We ever improve those are threat detection capabilities. 06:45.980 --> 06:47.840 In a greater threat responses. 06:48.560 --> 06:52.470 And refiner procedures for optimize response effectiveness. 06:53.420 --> 06:57.280 We continually look for opportunities to improve or defenses. 06:57.860 --> 07:02.150 We understand that no matter how good we or the ad viscera remains committed. 07:02.930 --> 07:04.240 And we can always be better. 07:05.370 --> 07:09.750 That this and for dedicated to continue improvement over a policies 07:10.010 --> 07:12.280 procedures and operational capabilities. 07:13.250 --> 07:18.210 Working with our federal partners week test we planted we exercise 07:18.210 --> 07:19.630 to improve or effectiveness. 07:20.360 --> 07:23.660 This is what the nation expects were conveyed committed to meeting. 07:23.660 --> 07:26.420 This expectation and this is our obligation. 07:27.650 --> 07:31.740 Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today we appreciate 07:31.740 --> 07:32.640 your leadership mr. 07:32.640 --> 07:35.750 Chairman. And members of the committee and your support of the 07:35.750 --> 07:39.160 matter one one of the department of science a look 4G portions. 07:39.830 --> 07:40.690 Thank you mister work to. 07:42.160 --> 07:44.570 Thank you chairman chafe its ranking member comings members of 07:44.570 --> 07:47.320 the committee for the opportunity to appear before you today. 07:47.900 --> 07:50.610 Have like to address are questions about the recent terror procter 07:50.640 --> 07:54.130 instant by explaining the FAA is role in airspace security and 07:54.130 --> 07:56.240 how we cord nate with other agencies. 07:57.230 --> 08:01.550 First and foremost. Yeah face mission is aircraft and airspace safety. 08:02.210 --> 08:05.110 We operate the nation's air traffic control system in order to 08:05.110 --> 08:06.270 separate aircraft. 08:06.930 --> 08:10.380 Our primary focus is on getting aircrafts safely to their destinations 08:10.410 --> 08:13.270 and managing the flow of thousands of aircraft in their passengers 08:13.370 --> 08:14.700 around the country every day. 08:15.760 --> 08:19.070 In addition to the FAA safety mission will also work very closely 08:19.070 --> 08:21.880 with the Department's of depends and Oman scaredy on a daily 08:21.880 --> 08:26.720 basis to support their aviation security missions particularly 08:26.720 --> 08:28.090 here in the capital region. 08:28.870 --> 08:33.100 As part of that support we provide them a rot air traffic radar feet. 08:33.390 --> 08:36.210 So they have situation awareness of what is happening in our 08:36.210 --> 08:37.620 national airspace system. 08:38.690 --> 08:41.760 To enable air controllers to safely controller traffic. The first 08:41.760 --> 08:44.680 thing we have to do is distinguished the aircraft. They're communicating 08:44.680 --> 08:48.790 with controllers more all other objects in here that are not aircraft. 08:49.730 --> 08:52.420 These other objects that the radar detects could've things like 08:52.450 --> 08:56.010 vehicles on nearby roadways flocks of birds weather events are 08:56.010 --> 08:57.370 occasional fights and poems. 08:58.270 --> 09:00.750 Air traffic controllers could not do their jobs if they had to 09:00.750 --> 09:02.750 work with and and filtered radar feed. 09:03.320 --> 09:05.640 They would not be able to distinguish the aircraft their charts 09:05.640 --> 09:09.060 was safely handling from other elements on their radar scopes. 09:10.080 --> 09:12.780 We require aircraft that fly in the airspace around washington 09:12.780 --> 09:16.430 DC and other large cities across the country to use trance punters 09:16.470 --> 09:20.090 that broadcast basic information such as the type of aircraft. 09:20.950 --> 09:23.060 It's pete direction and altitude. 09:23.610 --> 09:26.440 When radar detects those aircraft. It picks up a trans ponder 09:26.440 --> 09:30.190 information and it displays of air traffic controllers radar screen. 09:31.040 --> 09:34.180 Controllers can see all the flights in the specific area along 09:34.180 --> 09:37.110 with the identifying information from each aircraft. 09:38.090 --> 09:41.730 Anything that doesn't have a trance bond or shows up as an image 09:41.770 --> 09:45.220 representing a simple small died on the radar screen and they're 09:45.220 --> 09:48.120 typically many of them across controllers radar screen. 09:49.170 --> 09:52.300 To assess controllers and focusing on safely managing air traffic. 09:52.410 --> 09:55.970 We apply filters to the controllers radar to eliminate the vast 09:55.970 --> 09:58.050 majority of those small ducts. 09:58.710 --> 10:01.510 Safely managing air traffic as a controllers mission and the 10:01.510 --> 10:03.890 must be able to do that without distraction. 10:04.870 --> 10:06.870 And just poured national and homeland security. 10:07.390 --> 10:11.300 The FAA shares the real time and filter create our feed with 10:11.300 --> 10:14.730 our partners that the department of defense in several other agencies. 10:15.490 --> 10:18.500 We do that so they have the same information that we have and 10:18.500 --> 10:21.620 so they can apply the appropriate filters for their own mission 10:21.880 --> 10:23.400 to protect the airspace. 10:24.280 --> 10:27.130 We also when bad technical air traffic staff and a number of 10:27.130 --> 10:29.740 north American aerospace defense command facilities around the 10:29.740 --> 10:33.410 country to provide additional operating expertise and support. 10:34.520 --> 10:38.730 Unable 15 mr. Chews generic after appeared on our radar as one 10:38.730 --> 10:43.090 of those small unidentified elements indistinguishable from all 10:43.120 --> 10:45.490 other non aircraft radar tracks. 10:46.430 --> 10:49.570 The national capital region cord nation center called the FAA 10:49.730 --> 10:54.260 at one 24 p.m. that afternoon to alert us to the flight based 10:54.260 --> 10:57.040 on information they receive two years capital place. 10:58.820 --> 11:01.480 Incident we conducted a friends a greater analysis and looked 11:01.480 --> 11:04.370 for an image that might match mr. Zhu sister doctor. 11:05.170 --> 11:08.040 We understood the taken off from a small airport and get is for 11:08.040 --> 11:10.160 Pennsylvania and we haven't approximate time. 11:10.670 --> 11:13.230 So we looked at on filter radar data. 11:14.180 --> 11:17.320 The train radar analyst identified a slow moving image to travel 11:17.320 --> 11:20.770 from deduce from toward capital and vanished from radar at about 11:20.770 --> 11:23.090 the time history. He is funded on the west lie. 11:24.080 --> 11:27.760 We now believe that unidentified radar elemental was the mystery 11:27.760 --> 11:28.710 is jericho after. 11:29.640 --> 11:33.490 But the Doc appeared only intermittently throughout the fly. 11:34.430 --> 11:37.490 When we got the call for the capital police we immediately notified 11:37.560 --> 11:40.460 or inter agency partner speak on the domestic against at work 11:40.550 --> 11:43.950 or down the 24 hour seven days a week communication line. 11:43.950 --> 11:47.130 We operate to support a shared situation awareness among our 11:47.130 --> 11:48.130 agency partners. 11:49.190 --> 11:51.940 We initiated the dan more than a decade ago to quickly share 11:51.940 --> 11:55.660 information about activity in the airspace with multiple agencies. 11:56.430 --> 11:59.980 And now includes more than 130 federal and local agencies as 11:59.980 --> 12:03.360 well as major air FAA air traffic facilities around the country. 12:04.170 --> 12:06.570 The dentist played a critical role in disseminating important 12:06.570 --> 12:10.000 operational information to other agencies as quickly as possible. 12:11.030 --> 12:14.080 Each agency has a responsibility to announce in airspace incident 12:14.200 --> 12:15.850 on the dentists is to know about it. 12:16.900 --> 12:20.060 We're committed tour safety mission at the FAA and we're dedicated 12:20.060 --> 12:23.190 to working closely with all of our space security partners to 12:23.190 --> 12:25.260 support protection of our airspace. 12:26.070 --> 12:29.060 We're sistine department homeland security. It's ongoing inter 12:29.060 --> 12:32.610 agency radio and this is in addition to our own internal review 12:32.770 --> 12:36.190 two inch or that FAA employees fall all the proper procedures 12:36.220 --> 12:37.610 and protocols stringy of act. 12:38.210 --> 12:40.960 If we need to make changes to resell to these efforts we well 12:41.000 --> 12:44.170 and I will keep the committee informed be happy to take your questions. 12:45.470 --> 12:46.830 A cuban director. Quentin. 12:50.030 --> 12:53.440 The 40 cherry traces ranking member comings and distinguish members 12:53.440 --> 12:53.980 of the committee. 12:54.620 --> 12:57.230 Thank you for the opportunity to be here to discuss a secret 12:57.230 --> 13:00.440 services role within the broader effort to security are space 13:00.440 --> 13:03.950 in the national capital region where the nancy or a longstanding 13:03.950 --> 13:07.010 relationship each relationships between inter agency partners 13:07.330 --> 13:09.130 many of which are represented here today. 13:09.920 --> 13:12.610 Are critical to ensuring the security of people in places given 13:12.610 --> 13:14.860 protection by the secret service and others. 13:15.590 --> 13:18.810 The secret service must be prepared to confront and defeat evolving 13:18.810 --> 13:22.390 threats including those from small manned and unmanned aircraft 13:22.840 --> 13:23.530 a systems. 13:24.130 --> 13:26.990 As these technologies become both more vance the more widely 13:26.990 --> 13:29.860 available the secret service will continue to work aggressively. 13:30.460 --> 13:33.660 With our partners redress existing threats and anticipate those 13:33.660 --> 13:34.050 to come. 13:35.200 --> 13:38.520 Existing FAA flight restrictions in the ncr were enhance following 13:38.520 --> 13:42.330 not the might 11 terrorist attacks. Yeah free agent implemented 13:42.330 --> 13:46.130 the special rights perform special white roles area which includes 13:46.130 --> 13:47.110 within its boundaries. 13:47.890 --> 13:51.300 The flight restricted zone ever have been a very of the 50 six. 13:52.160 --> 13:56.200 Or areas of the sex the white house was presence residents and 13:56.200 --> 13:58.880 us capital are located within the P 50 sex. 13:59.590 --> 14:02.280 The secret services role in the administration other stricter 14:02.280 --> 14:05.960 there are space is limited to issuing waivers for access to the 14:05.960 --> 14:09.540 P 56 in consultation with a capital place and the pork looks. 14:10.160 --> 14:14.020 Airspace security for the ncr escorted by the inter agency national 14:14.020 --> 14:15.770 capital region coronation setup. 14:16.580 --> 14:20.040 The center was created after the september a lot of 2000 one. 14:20.750 --> 14:24.450 Terse attacks to provide real time information sharing and tactical 14:24.450 --> 14:27.890 poured nation to address potential airboard threats in around 14:27.890 --> 14:29.040 watching DC area. 14:30.470 --> 14:33.560 It is stay after all times with specially trained personnel assigned 14:33.560 --> 14:36.890 to the secret service airspace security branch. In addition to 14:36.890 --> 14:40.470 representatives from and altering the FAA and selected federal 14:40.470 --> 14:42.480 civilian Wall for spin agencies. 14:43.560 --> 14:46.700 The mission the secret service airspace security branch is to 14:46.700 --> 14:50.050 give marijuana notification to the protective details and you 14:50.050 --> 14:50.800 know for division. 14:51.460 --> 14:54.460 And provide real time information to allow for pre time to make 14:54.460 --> 14:57.690 informed decisions about access to take to ensure the security 14:57.690 --> 14:58.640 of our protect ease. 14:59.390 --> 15:00.440 And protected sites. 15:01.520 --> 15:05.990 Given the pace at which events can fold in an airy Persian maximizing 15:05.990 --> 15:07.510 the time to react is critical. 15:08.590 --> 15:11.520 Press of lady or space security branch combines radar fees from 15:11.520 --> 15:14.880 a number sources to create an an image of the or spits. 15:15.480 --> 15:19.310 This images monitor Prada detection system specialist or of military 15:19.460 --> 15:21.440 or civilian great or back routes. 15:22.270 --> 15:25.020 With respect to the history between the secret service and douglas 15:25.020 --> 15:28.370 mork use pollen from the in april fifteenth incident. 15:29.090 --> 15:32.100 Use first canada tied to the secret service on october fourth 15:32.100 --> 15:32.960 20 thirteen. 15:33.880 --> 15:36.250 At that time the secret service topped eight information that 15:36.250 --> 15:39.920 use intended to fly a single seat aircraft on of the grounds 15:40.020 --> 15:44.220 of the capital or the white house with no specific time frame provide. 15:44.920 --> 15:47.610 That same day the secret service relayed the information to our 15:47.610 --> 15:50.090 Wall forced the partners at the capitol please. 15:51.010 --> 15:53.690 The following day special wages from the secret service interviewed 15:53.690 --> 15:57.350 use the denied owning an aircraft or had it plans to fly one 15:57.380 --> 15:58.420 to washington d.c.. 15:59.600 --> 16:02.390 However subsequent clobbered of interviews revealed different. 16:03.760 --> 16:06.490 Further the investigation revealed no whether this of an attrition 16:06.490 --> 16:10.470 persons are places protected by the secret service and information 16:10.470 --> 16:13.450 regarding use was made available to other interests of all forced 16:13.450 --> 16:15.600 and agencies international capital region. 16:16.850 --> 16:19.970 A garden events leading up to people from to the april fifteenth 16:19.970 --> 16:23.540 against that. I wanna be clear at no time to the secret service 16:23.540 --> 16:26.830 receiving actionable advance notice or any information that was 16:27.130 --> 16:28.790 that this of that was taking whites. 16:29.920 --> 16:32.570 While the secret service received telephone calls on the date 16:32.570 --> 16:33.140 of the incident. 16:33.930 --> 16:36.370 But no time was information provided and the call said would 16:36.370 --> 16:39.940 have alerted our personnel to the fact of use was piloting his 16:39.940 --> 16:41.400 aircraft to the capital. 16:42.550 --> 16:45.360 As a jar or copper flew in the direction of the capital it was 16:45.360 --> 16:49.170 observed by secret service personnel in the area the white house complex. 16:49.790 --> 16:52.560 These individual subsequently relayed that information through 16:52.560 --> 16:53.570 their chain of command. 16:54.380 --> 16:57.050 While in the process of making the appropriate notifications. 16:57.620 --> 17:01.240 The aircraft landed any ensued was acknowledged on the FAA domestic 17:01.240 --> 17:04.770 events network affectively notifying all relevant parts. 17:05.720 --> 17:08.570 That day in the days of alt the secret service field offices 17:08.600 --> 17:11.400 gathered information regarding use and is activities leading 17:11.400 --> 17:11.990 up to the of at. 17:12.740 --> 17:15.190 While the capital please or the lead investigative agency in 17:15.190 --> 17:18.750 this matter the secret service stands ready to continue to contribute 17:18.750 --> 17:22.190 any resources mess story and to work collectively with our partners. 17:22.940 --> 17:25.310 Protection of the president his family and the white house is 17:25.310 --> 17:26.590 Carmine to this agency. 17:27.100 --> 17:30.190 The partnerships represented here today for critical to the success 17:30.190 --> 17:34.030 of our mission as a relates to effectively addressing airborne threats. 17:34.680 --> 17:38.050 Continued inter-agency court. Nation is vital to ensuring safety 17:38.050 --> 17:40.170 and security in the airspace of the ncr. 17:40.820 --> 17:43.720 To richie if it's recommended comings and members of committee 17:43.720 --> 17:47.000 this to close by testimony. I welcome any questions you may have. 17:47.840 --> 17:50.140 Like the director chief reclaim your. Markets. 17:53.060 --> 17:56.510 Mister chairman ranking member comings and members of the committee. 17:57.670 --> 18:01.230 The outage to discuss the guys does park police involvement in 18:01.230 --> 18:05.790 april fifteenth 2015 dollar. Copper incident in washington d.c.. 18:06.740 --> 18:09.900 My name is robert claimed by and the chief of deny justice park police. 18:11.020 --> 18:14.780 It has a spark places doubtless in 17 91 is the oldest uniform 18:14.780 --> 18:17.290 federal law enforcement agency in the night States. 18:18.190 --> 18:21.270 The part please which primal are responsible for safety and crime 18:21.270 --> 18:24.700 prevention in parkland the minister by national park service 18:25.160 --> 18:29.180 has enjoyed a long history of partnership and core nation with 18:29.180 --> 18:34.010 numbers public safety protection aviation and defense agencies 18:34.340 --> 18:35.660 with international Apple region. 18:36.660 --> 18:39.990 In a disco colombian to park place has primary just jurisdiction 18:40.270 --> 18:44.020 over federal parkland which comprise approximately 20% of the 18:44.020 --> 18:44.940 dish from colombia. 18:45.670 --> 18:48.730 Including the national mall east and west to live parks. 18:49.310 --> 18:53.500 Rock creek park in a cost to park mcpherson square and many of 18:53.500 --> 18:55.560 the small it final parks that district. 18:57.400 --> 19:00.590 The park was off his oprah way into a joint patrol pharaoh parkland 19:00.590 --> 19:05.430 everyday a train to identified report and investigate violations 19:05.430 --> 19:08.200 a law as suspicious or unusual activity. 19:09.410 --> 19:12.370 Although the park place has an aviation unit the flies law enforcement 19:12.680 --> 19:16.350 mad of act and search and rescue missions with the national capital region. 19:16.940 --> 19:20.310 The parties does not have claire responsibility of airspace defense 19:20.310 --> 19:21.390 over the federal parkland. 19:22.480 --> 19:25.540 As such the park please does not have radar detection capability 19:25.710 --> 19:26.960 to myra that airspace. 19:27.800 --> 19:31.380 That nor does it have the appropriate tools to engage or defend 19:31.380 --> 19:34.230 against an aircraft in the airspace above these parts. 19:35.300 --> 19:39.370 Those commerce possibilities a capabilities rest with other federal agencies. 19:40.580 --> 19:44.520 On wednesday table fifteenth 2015 air crossed only one 20 pm. 19:45.150 --> 19:47.960 A partly saucer observed and reported an aircraft. 19:48.590 --> 19:51.880 We're gonna fight is a dire cocker a operated by mister donkeys. 19:53.030 --> 19:56.730 Was opry near lincoln memorial and estimated to be approximately 19:56.760 --> 19:58.110 100 feet off the ground. 19:58.680 --> 20:01.070 And traveling eastbound towards the United States capital. 20:02.570 --> 20:05.860 Ulcer mater request to the park least dispense center to contact 20:05.860 --> 20:07.150 denies takes kappa please. 20:08.780 --> 20:12.730 The toll off a tall supervisor can from the observation and requested 20:13.030 --> 20:15.880 the park please Dispatch center notified park. Please aviation unit. 20:16.470 --> 20:19.720 Which in turn contacted the national capital region coronation 20:19.720 --> 20:22.730 center for cordon aircraft in restricted. Airspace. 20:25.050 --> 20:29.180 Partly saucer exert their fall the aircraft eastbound in is patrol vehicle. 20:29.920 --> 20:33.060 To what aircraft landed on the west grounds of the night States captain. 20:34.610 --> 20:38.050 The partly saucer arrived kaboul. Grounds answer the yes capital 20:38.050 --> 20:39.490 please arresting mistress cheese. 20:40.770 --> 20:44.150 At that point apart please became assisting agency to deny justice cap. 20:44.150 --> 20:47.090 Oh please on a scene and at their command post. 20:48.200 --> 20:51.980 USSR chairman skin was my statement of the please response any questions. 20:52.010 --> 20:53.220 You're not a members may have. 20:54.000 --> 20:56.150 They conceived and in our Icarus five-minute time. 20:58.500 --> 21:02.010 This chairman grating member Cummings nehmzow to many good morning. 21:02.570 --> 21:04.890 And thanks to the opportunity discuss event that occurred on 21:04.890 --> 21:07.880 wednesday april fifteenth and the actions taken by the United 21:07.880 --> 21:10.960 States capital please all of the game are providing a timeline 21:10.960 --> 21:13.600 of events in what way every answer any coarsens Schmidt have 21:13.970 --> 21:17.830 it is important to note that this is an ongoing criminal investigation. 21:18.560 --> 21:22.460 On wednesday for 15 to 12 59 pm an individual from the tampa 21:22.460 --> 21:27.170 bay times. So many mel for the U.S. double please public information 21:27.200 --> 21:30.780 officer stating that a local man for an encore and a jar or coppers 21:30.780 --> 21:31.790 porter protest. 21:32.380 --> 21:36.540 And was a be attempting away and nonetheless far this individual 21:36.540 --> 21:39.480 inquired of the U.S. cp was aware that flight and of permission 21:39.510 --> 21:44.170 had been obtained no time or date information was provided regarding 21:44.170 --> 21:44.620 this flight. 21:45.490 --> 21:48.800 One p.m. the same in a visual call us cp command center and say 21:48.800 --> 21:52.620 the to an officer idiot information about a man was playing flight 21:52.620 --> 21:56.610 drone onto the malt and on to was for the capital he stated the 21:56.610 --> 21:59.430 it because only a secret service they advise macaulay. Most is 21:59.430 --> 22:00.140 capital please. 22:00.740 --> 22:04.030 They also stated that this man who identified as douglas fuse 22:04.450 --> 22:06.960 had received permission from us see cancerous and the U.S. 22:06.960 --> 22:09.640 cp. And he was called to confirm. 22:10.140 --> 22:13.720 The permission was granted. No time or date directional information 22:14.080 --> 22:16.890 was provided regarding a slight during his telephone call you 22:16.890 --> 22:20.630 the The all survivors to this individual lady. She was not aware 22:20.630 --> 22:23.290 of any approvals to landed drone. They were then transferred 22:23.290 --> 22:25.860 to a sergeant in a command center in this individual repeated 22:25.860 --> 22:29.090 wooded jolie officer except now. He referred to the aircraft 22:29.360 --> 22:30.120 as a joke about. 22:30.800 --> 22:33.640 A sergeant advised. No approval insisted for general corruptible 22:33.640 --> 22:36.900 women the cap will grams the color's biases swords and did use 22:36.900 --> 22:40.400 live feet can be seen and use website which you provided this 22:40.400 --> 22:44.070 form the conversation to conversation concluded and during a conversation. 22:44.070 --> 22:46.100 No mention was made that the landing was imminent. 22:47.390 --> 22:50.850 One oh seven pm in the U.S. cap uh please public information 22:50.850 --> 22:54.820 officer respond to see no by 14 and uh before going into the 22:54.820 --> 22:58.210 investigations addition concurrently. The command center personal 22:58.460 --> 23:00.370 personnel when an to the provided website. 23:01.410 --> 23:04.240 Uh I went to to provide it looks like but did not find a live 23:04.240 --> 23:07.740 feed noted by the in vigil from the temple be times the command 23:07.740 --> 23:10.930 center notified the investigations division and the public information office. 23:11.470 --> 23:14.340 As a command center was attempting developing any printed and 23:14.340 --> 23:18.110 there's fight in their flight information with your seat the 23:18.110 --> 23:21.660 stay a 50 and the of national capital region coronation center. 23:21.970 --> 23:25.210 The jar proper landed a proxy one 23 pm. 23:26.280 --> 23:30.040 And one 21 tea and just prior to landing and also posted on the 23:30.040 --> 23:33.500 pencil yemeni walkway in the west from was approached by reporters 23:33.500 --> 23:36.310 when asked if you'd seen a helicopter your bills are stated he 23:36.310 --> 23:38.830 had not seen a helicopter name consulting with another offs of 23:38.830 --> 23:42.550 the term that they're where many printed air space over flights 23:42.890 --> 23:45.370 during this discussed the also is observed the in down general 23:45.370 --> 23:49.180 coptic over union square barely atop the grand memorial the all 23:49.180 --> 23:52.640 says immediately notified the to mutations. Uh uh center and 23:52.640 --> 23:55.550 supply reported the landing of the jour opted this information 23:55.550 --> 23:58.810 was immediately broadcasts over the radio for situation awareness 23:58.810 --> 23:59.480 in response. 24:00.240 --> 24:03.160 You receive the also is immediately assess the threat records 24:03.270 --> 24:06.740 department policy and training to see this seat per person us 24:06.740 --> 24:10.390 cp personal quickly facilitated the movement of the public on 24:10.390 --> 24:13.990 a west front away from the jar copper once a jar procter road 24:13.990 --> 24:16.940 are stop you're sees the officers quickly pro to subject and 24:16.940 --> 24:17.890 took them in the custody. 24:18.410 --> 24:21.420 The subject did not resist must comply with police direction. 24:22.040 --> 24:25.130 The canine elated immediately approach. Since what the jar crop 24:25.130 --> 24:28.170 dern showed interest in the area the engine will compartment 24:28.420 --> 24:32.480 which was expected instead commands establish in one 26 pm and 24:32.480 --> 24:35.750 the west front was close and bbq was trapped strict about for 24:35.750 --> 24:38.910 Street between constitution in independence avenues along with 24:38.910 --> 24:41.260 Maryland and Pennsylvania avenue stood third Street. 24:41.890 --> 24:44.400 As its was occurring the investigations vision provided. 24:44.400 --> 24:47.660 The commanders in command center with information about the subject 24:47.660 --> 24:51.160 from internet video publicising sub its ownership of the jar 24:51.190 --> 24:54.830 after his intentions a liver a box of letters to congress in 24:54.830 --> 24:58.400 refuse to campaign finance reform and as investigative history 24:58.400 --> 25:01.810 with both the euro cp and you a secret service the command center 25:01.810 --> 25:04.470 notified the ends see our cc of the situation. 25:05.130 --> 25:07.990 While it can actually does occurring a capital division commander 25:07.990 --> 25:11.500 directed a brief locked out of the capping an of the CDC when 25:11.500 --> 25:14.340 a lockdowns announced via the radio of uniformed services bureau 25:14.340 --> 25:17.250 commander was in a command center consulted with the incident 25:17.250 --> 25:21.300 commander in a sea USB commander. Then decided it left the locked 25:21.300 --> 25:24.820 out of the capital based on the following facts the candidate 25:24.820 --> 25:27.640 not alerted to the body the general factor but it shown interest 25:27.670 --> 25:30.010 only in the area the engine and fuel in part. 25:30.560 --> 25:34.120 Subject was in custody in complying with directions the sizes 25:34.120 --> 25:37.380 small package eerie the jar copper was when to backpack size 25:37.380 --> 25:40.790 boxes information provided to the investigations division that 25:40.790 --> 25:43.700 the attempt to palms clearly expressed in his video. 25:44.450 --> 25:47.440 And the uses the have established a strong perimeter from the 25:47.440 --> 25:51.120 jar proper with distance from the capital exterior from interstate 25:51.120 --> 25:54.330 ineffective the extremely short time frames. We know lock down 25:54.330 --> 25:57.270 ordered in the direction to lift a lockdown. No messages were 25:57.270 --> 25:59.750 sent to the congressional committee devising of a lot. 26:01.210 --> 26:04.360 The this is the hazards devices section respond to this incident 26:04.360 --> 26:08.530 in one 36 pm utilize a robot to investigate to gera copper seems 26:08.530 --> 26:12.400 to robot could not access to boxes and a joke opted to 21 p.m. 26:12.730 --> 26:16.230 ischia section. Personnel. Don protective gear to get trees of 26:16.230 --> 26:19.530 the boxes the gera proper was turned to be clear of any hazards 26:19.530 --> 26:20.840 it to 57 pm. 26:21.380 --> 26:24.490 Traffic us we're suckling we room released and the west front 26:24.570 --> 26:27.700 remain closed until the crime scene to be processed image our 26:27.700 --> 26:28.490 factor rim. 26:29.010 --> 26:32.650 Is in poor denote while use sufi does not control pivoted airspace 26:32.650 --> 26:36.550 are watching to see we do monitor this airspace 24 seven and 26:36.550 --> 26:39.590 we are directly linked to other federal agencies related minimus 26:39.590 --> 26:40.600 controllers it's. 26:42.330 --> 26:45.300 On april fifteenth does jar coptic without register an radars 26:45.300 --> 26:48.340 of threat and therefore was not race is a concern among our federal for. 26:48.920 --> 26:51.740 We take the monitoring the prevented airspace very seriously 26:51.980 --> 26:54.800 which is why we have a designated airspace for greater and of 26:54.800 --> 26:58.300 asylum liaisons of can see your cc to provide immediately keeps 26:58.520 --> 27:01.830 the critical information regarding identified airspace ropes 27:02.210 --> 27:05.130 information about identified airspace ruts allows us to make 27:05.130 --> 27:07.800 informed decisions regarding the safety rich they callers. 27:08.360 --> 27:10.230 Uh so comedian the capitol complex. 27:10.790 --> 27:13.280 Thank you again for the opportunity to discuss this event that 27:13.280 --> 27:16.880 occurred on wednesday post 15 20 fifteen. I am very proud of 27:16.880 --> 27:19.710 professional an immediate actions taken by member seen as this 27:19.710 --> 27:22.800 capital please some interest innocence and I would be I'm happy 27:22.800 --> 27:24.900 to answer a question to from you make of it just a. 27:27.020 --> 27:29.490 Thank you was previously announced the committee is going to 27:29.490 --> 27:33.930 recess of the week in the a member so be allowed to a. 27:35.090 --> 27:37.890 Here the prime minister to fantasy addresses a joint session 27:37.920 --> 27:41.100 session of congress we will wreaking being approximately 30 minutes 27:41.200 --> 27:44.470 ticked after the conclusion without depreciate of patients the 27:44.470 --> 27:46.870 committee is in recess. Um. 27:48.050 --> 27:48.180 Oh. 27:50.480 --> 27:53.500 The Just because because. It. 27:59.420 --> 28:00.370 They've got it..