John S. Pistole: “My strong recommendation to you and all of Congress is to maintain these broad authorities.”

Our goal at all times is to maximize transportation security to stay ahead of evolving terrorist threats.

If he wasn't the president of the United States, yeah, I think we would have seen obstruction indictment against the person.

the vast majority of the hundreds of millions of people who use our transportation systems every year present little to perhaps no risk of committing an act of terrorism.

We face a determined enemy which constantly evolves its tactics and techniques, and as we have seen the threat is real.