"We should be buying from trusted sources."
"I want to make sure I am clear on that."
"I want to thank Anna Eshoo. We did a seminar out at Stanford University on this very issue."
"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."
"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."
"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..."
"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 intend to hold a hearing on SPP and the handling of the MCI contract in the coming weeks."
"the academy also wishes to acknowledge and thank Representatives Mike Rogers and Ed Markey, who together authored the Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007."
"80 percent of our problem in the House of Representatives could be cured by changing human behavior."
"The cyberthreat is one of the most serious threats that we have in our country."