Oh, my God, people are waiting an extra 15 minutes.

The problems you are describing are not going to get away that easily.

What is the false alarm rate?

I understand. But that is the purpose of this hearing, to make it better, to keep the focus on.

The 40 or 41 percent failure rate.

I think it is an excuse.

I wrote the provision of that law that required air marshals to be on board all high-risk flights.

The bad guys are on the other team. So let us stick together, unified, and defeat their attempts to harm us.

We know. That is why they are interim and not permanent.

I mean, this is bad.

We cannot live with that type of performance.

Now, what happens if the machines that we all want, the big machines, find something that is questionable?

They had a 41 percent failure rate----

I compliment LA. I hope, I say to my TSA people, that you will stay on top of those screeners because we cannot handle a 40 percent failure rate.

I think that we put a price, a security tag on the ticket prices, and you know, security is security.

I want you to know that I am going to help get a little special attention over there because it worries me.

I think we are very confident we will not have a problem here in LA, but that was a little disconcerting.

The public is more forgiving than you seem to think in your testimony.