05/22/2011
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"You would oversee, if confirmed, General Harding, an agency of 50,000 employees, approximately, with an $8 billion annual budget and, of course, a very important mission, which is to protect the safet..."
"I support collective bargaining rights for TSOs, although I understand any contract that was negotiated would have to put their security responsibilities first."
"We were reminded again just how crucial the purpose of the agency is and why getting a first rate administrator on the job soon is critical by the attempted Christmas Day bombing on Northwest Flight 2..."
"I have a little more than a minute left, so I am going to leave the questions about Harding Security to Senator Collins."