The Regional Impact of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Wednesday, May 31, 2006 Time: 9:30 AM Place: Sweeney Hall Auditorium New Hampshire Technical Institute 31 College Drive Concord, New Hampshire Presiding: Senator Sununu     Witnesses:     Panel 1 Ann Barrett    Managing Director of Passport Services    Department of State    Washington, DC Robert M. Jacksta    Executive Director    Traveler Security and Facilitation    Office of Field Operations    U.S. Customs and Border Protection    Department of Homeland Security    Washington, DC    Panel 2 The Honorable Thomas Slade Gorton III    Former U.S. Senator    Former Commissioner on the 9/11 Commission    Of Counsel    Preston Gates & Ellis LLP    Seattle, WA    Panel 3 - Briefer France Dionne    Québec’s Delegate to New England    Boston, MA    Panel 4 Senator Carl R. Johnson    New Hampshire State Senate    Co-chair    General Court’s NH-Canadian Trade Council    Concord, NH Henry Goode    Deputy Director    New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism      Development    Concord, NH Jayne O’Connor    President    White Mountain Attractions    North Woodstock, NH Gail Hanson    Executive Director    New Hampshire Snowmobile Association    Bow, NH   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.