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Senator Gary Peters Delivers Remarks at 9-11 Memorial and Museum in New York City - video
Craig Routzahn
Tue, 10 Sep 2019 06:02:18 EDT
U.S. Senator Gary Peters of Michigan, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Monday helped lead a hearing to discuss how the Department of Homeland Security has secured the U.S. in the years since the September 11, 2001 attacks and how the Department must adapt to evolving and emerging national security threats in a rapidly changing world. The committee members were joined by former DHS Secretaries Michael Chertoff (2005-2009), Janet A. Napolitano (2009-2013), and Jeh C. Johnson (2013-2017). Peters said, in part during the hearing, "As the threats to our homeland change, so must the efforts to protect our national security. With nearly two decades of lessons learned, the time has come for a clear-eyed assessment of what has worked and what needs to be improved. In order to build a more sustainable department and defend ourselves from global threats, we must look to the future. It is not enough to understand the threats of the moment. We must also ensure that DHS is prepared to anticipate and identify the threats of tomorrow. This is a difficult conversation, but one we must have to keep our country safe and ensure that we never again face a catastrophe like September 11th." His complete comments can be viewed in a video below.
