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

This is a global event that requires a global response.

Given the freedom of travel throughout the European Union, my view is we should be treating it as a region as a unit and, and expecting them accordingly.

Our hearts go out to those who have lost loved ones and to those who are currently undergoing treatment.

I'm very concerned these cuts will undermine CISA's ability to successfully carry out its critical mission.

Unless we do something about it, these threats will only grow. CISA is the agency Congress created to do something about this.

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

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 230, nays 171, not voting 28, as follows: [Roll No. 90]…

As the designee of the gentlewoman from Puerto Rico (Miss Gonzalez-Colon), I rise to offer an amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of section 4, add the…

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…

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…

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 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…

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.

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.

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…

My friend and colleague from Mississippi is right about part of what he said, that is that if you talk to TSOs throughout this country, they are grossly dissatisfied with their pay, and rightfully so. We have not done our job in Congress…

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…