Hopefully, we can continue to work together to perfect it in a way that we can here in Congress if there is such a thing.

Simply put, we must always be prepared.

Bioterrorism remains a very real threat to our country, which is why I think this bipartisan legislation is so important.

This country has a real problem with jobs, or the lack of jobs, and our economy. It's what we in the Congress need to be debating solutions to resolve. Instead, we're having to argue with the President about our debt ceiling. The President…

I think the Chinese have a saying, why invent it when you can steal it? So that's what they do.

I have got a chart up on the board right now that states--and this is from CRS. This is not my numbers, CRS showing the number of criminal convictions in the last 2 years.

We have turned in--I know of companies that have turned it in to ICE, and I have turned them in, just to find ICE not to do anything about it.

Let's be creative. Let's move forward in training flight attendants, increasing professionalism, and using the tools that are helpful.

I look forward to hearing an update on the status of the plan and the proposed parameters of a pilot or a larger-scale implementation.

There is a simple solution. As many of you are aware, Representatives Mike Rogers of Michigan and John Barrow of Georgia, both of whom serve on this committee, have introduced H.R. 1206, the Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors…

I believe we can work together on issues of transportation, pipeline security, both aviation and rail and all aspects of it.

What percentage of your security funding does come from these Federal sources?