Congressman Rogers' bill would be very useful if we could get it passed in removing some of the legal obstacles.

Eighty percent of the attacks that happen every day can be prevented by the operator.

I do believe it is unprecedented in history that such a massive and sustained intelligence effort by a government to blatantly steal commercial data and intellectual property to use against the United States is well underway.

We should be buying from trusted sources.

I want to thank Anna Eshoo. We did a seminar out at Stanford University on this very issue.

The real number we think is closer to somewhere between $300 billion and $1 trillion in lost intellectual property per year.

I thought it was important for the committee to hear that particular case because it shows how sophisticated and how dangerous it can be if somebody has a nefarious purpose other than criminal.

I intend to hold a hearing on SPP and the handling of the MCI contract in the coming weeks.

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 private screening services.

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 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.