You have never been able to justify what you have done here.

If it was not an accident, meaning some unfortunate pilot that lost their way, but in fact someone who intended to do so, the perimeter entry that you witnessed by video, and the easy access to airplanes, could contribute to that.

I would think most Americans wouldn't be aware of the potential threat of rad/nuclear materials coming in on an international general aviation flight.

It is a matter of some embarrassment to me that we created a whole Department of Homeland Security, and you all haven't figured out how to get ordinary commerce into the Nation's capitol.

Mr. Olislagers, we do thank you for your testimony.

I think it is important to note that, if we are to have the structure that you are speaking of, we really need to be careful about discussing security-sensitive information in a public rulemaking process.

We appreciate Mr. Sammon and the work that TSA is doing to allow that process to happen.

I look forward to us utilizing what I think has been very important.

We applaud you for that.

It is very successful. No high-tech cameras can do a better job than us being aware.

I think that will be a fair approach to how we move on general aviation.

I welcome and appreciate the committee's active engagement with this program, and look forward to continuing our cooperation as we move forward together.

The Chairwoman now recognizes the Ranking Member, the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Dent, for an opening statement.

I would ask unanimous consent to submit that in the record.

I really appreciate the discussions between short term and long term.

We can't make matters worse. We really do need to look at the long term.

the biggest threat to our national security would be turning our food sources over to other countries

one of the things we really could do to protect our farms and our farmers and our agriculture is avoid costs like some of those what I consider very ill-conceived programs, cap-and-tax, cap-and-trade, and frankly a food safety bill that is…