A study produced by Booz Allen Hamilton last year indicated a 30-day closure of the Port of New York and New Jersey would result in an economic impact on the U.S. GDP of over $5 billion and loss of 50,000 jobs.

I have no quarrel with the existing airport private screener structure. I have a quarrel with whether or not we privatize the entire Nation.

They lag way behind in pay. Someone dreamed up the pay structure they are in. It hasn't worked, it doesn't work.

What I would say in being honest in my assessment in saying that I want to work with the Chairman, would you welcome increased professional training, increased or a review of the pay scale, and what I have been advocating for is…

We need to be fiscally responsible. We need to assess our needs.

I have a vigorous disagreement, and I am hoping that the administration will courageously hold the line.

This is a time for tough choices, tough decisions, and strong commitments to secure this Nation.

I would argue to say that a non-security committee passed the bill.

Will you commit to us today that during your tenure as administrator you will not approve any application that requires a waiver of the citizenship requirement on the basis of the need for the securing of intelligence and the securing of…

As Congresswoman Jackson Lee indicated, further privatization makes assuring internal security more complex and more costly.

So, in essence, we are creating necessary jobs.

Are you suggesting that something as important and serious as the massive securing of our airports should go back to 9/11?

I have a very strong position about privatization, but there is a provision in place that allows it.

Mr. Speaker, institutions across the country are facing an impossible choice: Do they continue in their mission to provide for their employees, or do they violate their conscience? When the Affordable Care Act passed, there was no thought…

Mr. Chairman, this amendment would simply ignore the millions of dollars that have been spent by this administration to reach the same conclusion that so many unbiased analysts had said for years: The CLASS program is unworkable, causing a…

Madam Chair, I believe we have the right to close, and we have just one speaker. I reserve the balance of my time.

Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Lance), a very valued member of the Subcommittee on Health.

Madam Chair, I just want to remind everyone that under the CLASS Act there's not one person in the United States who would receive long-term care benefits under that act because it doesn't work. At this time I yield 2 minutes to the…