Now let me just ask you, we have GE Aviation in Mississippi. We are very pleased to have them in Batesville and Ellisville.

Well, the single word is 'jobs.' Madam Chairwoman made the great point about how important it is to quantify the jobs at stake.

If we didn't have ECAs all over the world, you are saying that modern day, 21st century governments would invent such things to promote international trade.

We must work together to restore our ecosystems and protect our economy.

I want to subscribe to much of what you, Mr. Chairman, have said, as well as Senator Boxer, Senator Rubio, and Senator Landrieu.

As Senator Vitter points out, is the climate changing? Yes, it is changing. It has always changed throughout tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of years.

Thank you for your indulgence, Mr. Chairman. I am delighted to claim Dr. Trudy Fisher as a friend.

Indeed, in 2012, the platform adopted during the Republican National Convention called for the private sector to take over airport screening wherever feasible.

I am pleased to be here today as an original cosponsor of this legislation, the National Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act. This bipartisan legislation gives the Department of Homeland Security Congressional…

H.R. 4115 is a significant step in ensuring all of aviation security, not just that which is performed by Federal employees, receives the oversight necessary to protect the flying public.

AFGE strongly supports the Contract Screener Reform and Accountability Act introduced by Ranking Member Bennie Thompson and Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and Nita Lowey.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing on the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, and the radiological and nuclear smuggling threats it faces.

Some on the other side of the aisle claim that transitioning to a contract workforce results in more efficient and friendlier screeners. This claim simply does not stand up to scrutiny.

After 9/11 it was clear to the vast majority of Members of Congress and the Bush administration that transitioning to a Federal screener workforce was the right thing to do for the security of our Nation.

2014 is the 12th year in which summer interns working in congressional offices have benefited from a program run by the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Leadership. This 6-week program is designed to enhance their internship…

As the committee continues examine the homeland security implications of foreign fighting, it is important to revisit the facts that have lead us to this point.

I think what I am left with is a lot more questions than I had before I came in.

I am curious to know when you expect to have all the methodologies available for publication and dissemination?