Mike Rogers

In the middle of a crisis like this, it is very important for political leaders to avoid flaming the fire of hysteria.

I hope the spirit of bipartisanship will continue as we look at ways to sure up the economy in the wake of this crisis.

In each case, we have martialed our collective resources and ingenuity to overcome these crises.

This is a global event and requires a global response.

This amendment recognizes that the coronavirus is a serious public health threat and that the TSA has a responsibility to educate its personnel as to how they should protect themselves. I can't imagine why anybody would oppose it. Mr…

As the gentlewoman from Virginia has just stated, the administration has already taken some proactive steps to deal with this threat; however, we need to remain vigilant when it comes to dealing with counterintelligence threats and…

I claim the time in opposition to the bill, although I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I want to restate that the underlying bill restricts the veterans preference in the hiring that exists now. Under current law, all veterans are given preference in hiring at the TSA. Under the underlying bill, it would be restricted to…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. Here is another example of a messaging amendment that doesn't fix the veterans' hiring problem in the underlying bill. All this does is restate the veterans preference language in title 5…

We have consistently seen reporting and data highlighting the unique health and well-being challenges of Federal air marshals. This amendment is a commendable effort to examine the issue, and I urge my colleagues to support it. Mr. Chair…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, although I am not opposed to it. The Acting Chair (Mr. Brown of Maryland). Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

This amendment is a sense of Congress articulating support for the underlying bill, an underlying bill which I have made clear over the last 2 days would reduce pay and benefits for our TSOs. That is unacceptable. We should be trying to…

I can't overstate this: The real irony of this amendment is the underlying bill eliminates the hiring preferences for veterans. We all want to give preference to veterans for their service to our country. The best thing we can do to make…

This amendment calls for a study on how TSA can recruit more veterans. I find that ironic, given that the underlying bill actually eliminates the existing hiring preferences for veterans, but the study is a good idea. Maybe it will come…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, even though I am not opposed to it. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Cisneros). Without objection, the gentleman from Alabama is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

As we have discussed, this bill makes it more difficult for TSA to protect the traveling public from terrorism. The gentleman's amendment does nothing to fix that. In fact, the gentleman's amendment does nothing at all, but it certainly is…

This amendment is a sensible requirement to examine the pay equity for screeners in all parts of the United States. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentlewoman from Puerto Rico (Miss Gonzalez- Colon) for her amendment and for her leadership on this…

I would say to my friend from Nevada that the irony with this bill is they are moving TSA under a 70-year-old personnel management system widely panned by good government organizations as unable to meet the needs of the 21st century…

I remain concerned that Chinese officials knowingly withheld essential information from both the public and international health community in the most critical stages of this outbreak.

Understanding that the U.S. response has to come from different agencies, lots of them, what is AID's role...

The most distinctive feature of the Belt and Road is its lack of transparency.

It intends to strengthen hard infrastructure with new roads and railways, soft infrastructure with trade and transportation agreements...

The U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy, your efforts, our efforts to improve market access, promote fair, free, and reciprocal trade...

I think those examples were unacceptable, and we can't do oversight unless we have more cooperation.

I'm deeply disappointed that, for political reasons, folks can't and won't acknowledge this simple fact: President Trump's policies are succeeding where other administrations have failed.