I can tell you, it is not a money problem. The FAA is getting plenty of money.
We understand the perception in some cases of potential retribution, and we are concerned about that.
During the recent Government shutdown, we saw what happens when the regulator nearly disappears.
I first want to commend Mr. Bentivolio for his courage in speaking out in the way in which he did.
I did not want to get into this but I will say on our side, we voted four times to open the entire Government back up wi...
How, after 10 years, does the Department not have a handle on what measures are in place to secure their own employees?
The Federal Protective Service and its contract guard force put their lives on the line every day.
The American people need to know how these guards can protect them in life-threatening situations.
I want to know precisely what DHS is doing to obtain this information and when it will have a full and complete grasp of...
I hope this hearing can serve as an opportunity to assess the state of physical security across Federal facilities.
It seems to me that this type of activity needs to be stopped and it needs to be restricted.
We dare not put all our eggs into the natural gas basket. I want to say that right now.
Energy never used to be a partisan issue in this Congress. I have been here 19 years.
We need the whole breadbasket. We need coal. We need natural gas. We need nuclear. We need renewables.
I do not believe in their mind at the time they signed these laws into law that they felt that that is what they were do...
I do not--I hope this does not turn into the Republicans are for it and the Democrats are against it.
If you believe that Mr. Martin was on top of Mr. Zimmerman inflicting punishment, that would be a different view.
The Federal Government would have to demonstrate that at the moment of the violent encounter, Mr. Zimmerman behaved as h...
