KEATING TO HOLD 9/11 FIELD HEARING AT LOGAN
Washington, DC – This Friday, September 16th, Rep. Bill Keating will be bringing the House Homeland Security Committee’s field hearing on post-9/11 security to Boston.
 
The Committee’s Oversight, Investigation and Management Subcommittee, on which Rep. Keating is the Ranking Member, will be holding the hearing, entitled “Ten Years After 9/11: Assessing Airport Security and Preventing a Future Terrorist Attack,” at Boston Logan International Airport.  A portion of the hearing will be devoted to emergency response at airports in the event of known threats.
 
“In the wake of 9/11, Logan has become a leader in airport security and a model from which other airports around the country can look to improve their own internal security systems,” said Rep. Bill Keating.  “We need to review these procedures, find out what works, what doesn’t work and what should be implemented around our country.  But we also very seriously need to explore how we address aviation security in the face of credible threats to our country when the National Terrorism Advisory System has not issued an alert, as we saw this past weekend.”
 
The hearing is open to the public.  Public parking will be validated by Massport and available at Surface Lot 2, which is off the lower roadway of Terminal E.
 
Any members of the press interested in covering the hearing are asked to contact Lauren Amendolara at lauren.amendolara@mail.house.gov.  Parking for press will be available at the Terminal E limousine lot.  If members of the press have any questions about parking or other airport logistics, they can contact Phil Orlandella at Massport at 617-438-8632.
 
EVENT DETAILS
 
What:
Ten Years After 9/11: Assessing Airport Security and Preventing a Future Terrorist Attack – Field Hearing of the Oversight, Investigation and Management Subcommittee of the US House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee
 
When:
Friday, September 16, 2011
Hearing begins at 9:30 AM and is expected to conclude by 12:00 PM
 
Where:
Terminal E at Boston Logan International Airport
West end of second floor
 
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