07/13/2016
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"I continue to feel strongly that the private sector has an important role to play in security and must be properly leveraged, not forced out of the process in favor of a larger Federal workforce."
"Rather than trying to insulate a giant Federal workforce, TSA should be working to strengthen and improve the private screening program and make it more cost-efficient."
"I am a strong supporter of the Screening Partnership Program, or SPP, and was disappointed with the TSA's decision last January not to expand the program beyond the existing 16 airports utilizing priv..."
"Limiting SPP's growth is the wrong approach, in my opinion, especially since both TSA and GAO have determined that the performance of Federal screeners and private screeners are roughly the same."