Political Quotes

“today I wish to pay tribute to a dedicated public servant, a talented administrator, and a tireless warrior for homeland security. Transportation Security Administration Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer Gale Rossides is retiring at the end of the month, and her departure will be a significant loss not just for TSA and the Department of Homeland Security but for the American people, whom she has served so well throughout her 34-year career in the public sector. As Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, I came to understand the central role Ms. Rossides played at TSA. In appearances before the Committee, she impressed me as a knowledgeable and experienced manager whose dedication to the agency helped TSA stay on track through a difficult and chaotic start up and develop into a more mature agency as the years progressed. Ms. Rossides' institutional memory, alone, will be irreplaceable. She was one of the original six executives hired to build TSA from the ground up in 2001, and in his book ``After: How American Confronted the September 12 Era,'' Steven Brill wrote that ``no matter what was added to her plate, or what she reached out for to put on it herself, she seemed to take it in stride.'' Despite the grueling 13-hour days and 6- day weeks, Ms. Rossides stayed at TSA for 10 years--with a 1-year hiatus as senior advisor to the Under Secretary for Management at DHS.…”