Fri. May 21 | |||
8:00 PM | Optional: Dinner at The Benson Hotel, Parliaments Room | Private | |
Sat. May 22 | |||
8:00 AM | Depart Benson Hotel for travel by bus to Port Terminal 6 | Private | |
8:30 AM | Tour of Terminal 6 led by Port Director Bill Wyatt and ILWU local president Jeff Smith | Port Security | Public |
9:20 AM | Board bus for travel to Convention Center | Public | |
9:50 AM | Arrive Convention Center | ||
10:00 AM | Platform Drafting Committee Hearing begins. Call to order by Congresswoman DeLauro | Public | |
10:00 AM | Welcome by Congressman Blumenauer | Public | |
10:10 AM | Remarks by Drafing Committee Chair DeLauro | Public | |
10:25 AM | James Lee Witt, former Director of FEMA | Overview, Emergency Management | Public |
10:55 AM | Ed Wytkind, President of Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO with Leal Sundet of ILWU | Rail, Mass Transit | Public |
11:25 AM | Mike McNeill, IAFF International Vice President | First Responders:
Fire Fighters |
Public |
11:55 AM | National Guard Col. Mike Caldwell | National Guard | Public |
12:25 PM | Lunch | Private | |
1:15 PM | Hearing reconvenes | Public | |
1:20 PM | Susan King, Oregon Nurses Association Executive Director | First Responders: Medical | Public |
1:40 PM | Miguel Ascarrunz, Director, Portland Office of Emergency Management | Local Needs | Public |
2:00 PM | Cathy Keathley, Chair, Neighborhood Advisory Committee for Fire, Gresham, OR | Families | Public |
2:20 PM | Robert King, Portland President of NAPO and Bill Hemby National Coalition of Public Safety Officers | First Responders:
Police |
Public |
2:50 PM | Michael Greenberger, Director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, University of Maryland | Bio-Terror | Public |
3:10 PM | Michael Vatis, Executive Director, Merkle Foundation's Task Force on National Security in the Information Age | Counterterrorism
Cyber-terrorism |
Public |
3:30 PM | Reed Stager, Digitech VP of Public Policy | High Tech/Private Sector Response | Public |
3:50 PM | Joe Smith, State Rep. and member of the OR Pilots Association Executive Board | Aviation Security | Public |
4:10 PM | Dr. Grant Higginson, Oregon State Public Health Officer | State Needs | Public |
4:30 PM | Hearing Adjourns.
Post-hearing interviews and outreach |