Mike Rogers

I think everybody has pretty much acknowledged that TSA's got, at a minimum, some perception problems and more accurately, some organizational problems that need to be addressed.

Giving up on TSA without having something better to fill its place is not an option.

The public does not have confidence in the TSA.

There is a reason we can be doing that with other airlines too.

You have got Donald Rumsfeld getting patted down at the airport; Henry Kissinger, you know, that is just mind-numbing that that kind of stuff is happening.

Supreme Court justices have no business going through--maybe after the ruling 2 weeks ago, but they have no business going through that.

I am convinced we need to undertake a major reform to the Federal Government's role in our airports.

Letting TSA carry on the way it has for the last 11 years is equally not an option.

The public is just outraged by what they see with TSA and a lot of the wasteful money that has been spent in the past.

I try not to waste your time, and I hope you will have your committee make sure they don't waste our time, because it is disrespectful.

While CAT/BPSS may assist Transportation Security Officers in detecting fraudulent or invalid IDs and boarding passes, there are a number of weaknesses with this technology that call into question the benefit of deploying up to 1,400 units.

I want to thank our witnesses for being here today, and I appreciate your time and energy in preparing for today's hearing.

At this point, I think CAT/BPSS is a Band-aid measure to solving a complex problem.

This Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation Security will come to order.

I completely agree with her on that not just because it gets bad apples out of the system who need to find something else to do, but it sends a message to the other workers that we take this stuff serious and we expect them to do their…

I think the thing that aggravates the public about that is, if we are truly moving to a threat- or risk-based perspective of how we do this job, why are we patting down Donald Rumsfeld?

Well, it is not hurting your confidence level. You and I both know, everybody in this room knows, you can get by with less folks.

Half the Congress wants to just get rid of the department, because they think it is useless.

Not just like to see. It is unacceptable.

The problem is that TSA is too far behind the curve to see what is coming next.

But the fact is, over the last 2 years, progress at TSA has come at a snail's pace and in some ways has gone backwards.

I think we can agree that every person in this great country of ours has the right to criticize and complain about TSA.

I am of the opinion it could reduce its ranks by 30 percent to 40 percent, and still be able to do the job just as effectively.

The American people are just really disgusted and outraged with the department that they see is bloated and inefficient.

The overwhelming majority of those that attended the meeting expressed frustration that 10 years after 9/11, the TSA is still collecting pocketknives.