Right. So it is really important that these standards are put in place and that you are testing to those standards right now.

How are you handling that in terms of your workforce? You need a lot more people certain times during the day than you do other times.

The Coast Guard's loss is TSA's gain and we look forward to working with you in this capacity.

I think some 30 percent of that workforce will time out--for mandatory retirement age--within the next 5 years.

the standards that you set, and your testing of those standards, are both vitally important.

we have just heard what I think is almost a horror story from two great Senators, one representing 80 jobs, one representing maybe just dozens of jobs, but every one of those jobs matters in America. We come here every week and we say we…

Something that provides internal control, some kind of written policy on this is what we are going to do to review...

We need to make sure that what we are doing with all of this body of work is not taking shortcuts.

If we were in compliance before doing what we are doing, then how can we so dramatically be out of compliance right now?

We all agree, hopefully, here that a guidance does not have the full force and effect of law, right?

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It looks like it is a shortcut to changing the rule.

A guidance should not hurt you, right. A guidance should only help you be able to meet the requirements that are set out in the statute and in the substantive rule process.

Being guidance is not enforceable.

That is one of your recommendations in your report, is that we actually look at written policies as it relates to guidance...

To simply unilaterally, without comment or process, change the rules does not seem to be what a guidance should do.

I think sometimes people who write press releases should be more controlled in what they say.

I cannot describe it for you, but I know it when I see it, and we all may have a different line in terms of where we think guidance may cross over to substantive rulemaking.