Eric Swalwell

As others have stated, my prayers and wishes go out to the families of Malaysia Flight 370, but as we have often learned from aviation disasters, if there is any hope that has come out of it, it is that we learn a lot about our own…

If there are ways that Congress can get involved in encouraging responsible behavior that increases the safety of the global flying public, we hope that you will let us know.

It is imperative for passenger safety and aviation security that we close this loophole to help ensure the safety of the traveling public.

For me, aviation security is so important because if we do not have public confidence in aviation security, the economy we know will greatly, greatly suffer.

Don't you think, Mr. Capello, that for perimeters that are so vast that it is impossible for human eyes to detect these, especially at night?

I am encouraged to see that some of my colleagues across the aisle have been a voice for the minority, three percent of scientists today.

I am disappointed that many of my colleagues across the aisle have used this hearing to re-litigate whether climate change is happening and whether it is manmade.

What concerns me though is that last year over 1 billion passengers outside the United States were able to travel without having their passports checked against that database.

Our concern and my concern is that if we consolidate this, the Transit Security Grant and other important grants may not receive the funding or the attention that they may receive.

These regulations from the EPA are for future plants, not for existing plants.

I think we want to make sure that we do not saddle our children with the effects of climate change.

I have repeatedly said on this Committee that I am for an all-of-the-above approach to energy production as we transition to clean energy technologies

I think the sooner we all agree on that, the sooner we all sing off of the same sheet of music, the better off we will be

If we don't take steps now, if we don't take steps today to halt what is causing climate change, the repercussions for humans and the environment will be catastrophic

Global climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time

I just want to start by asking our witnesses just a yes or no, and I will go down the line...

I want to make sure that we are focusing on removing the most serious and violent offenders, and not necessarily breaking up families.

Can you assure our committee that employees who come forward and report any wrongdoing or the suspicion of wrongdoing in the behavior detection program, whether it is profiling or otherwise, that they would be protected against retaliation?

I think we need to all just take a step back in our comments about the TSA and just attacks in general on the Federal workforce.

I want to express to you, administrator, how sorry, deeply sorry I am about the shooting at LAX.

I would prefer something like five years to give more certainty to the laboratories and those partners in the Office of Science.

I have concerns about the draft's funding profile. It supports budget levels that are below research inflation rates so they are effectively cuts.

The research community often cites sustained growth and predictable funding as being among their top priorities.

If we want to maintain our leadership and standing in technology and innovation and the jobs that will come with it, we can't afford to continue to cut our research budgets.

I hope that we can work around this, increase the budget and give the Office of Science the research and funding that it deserves.