I hope, Madam Secretary, that we will get a commitment from you that you will look out for the traveling public by ensuring that they have basic consumer protections.

While we've made some progress in last year's FAA bill to double the number of the VIPR teams, the dog teams, and bolster the screening of airport workers, this tragic shooting serves as a reminder that our work to improve airport security…

As we start out, I want to take a minute to express on behalf of the Committee, our condolences to the friends and loved ones of the victims of Friday's horrific shooting at Fort Lauderdale's airport.

Mr. President, on December 23, 2016, the world lost a true hero. Dr. Piers Sellers was a scientist and an astronaut, having flown three times on the space shuttle. On his first mission, he flew aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to the…

Flynn versus Mattis and Kelly. That's going to be an interesting tension.

The shooter is Esteban Santiago. He had a military ID. We don't know if that is an accurate ID or if it is a current ID.

I think it is the general assumption that you all have said that our systems can be invaded that has the American people, we as policymakers concerned, but the average American concerned that there is no privacy anymore.

Could we, the United States--do we have the ability that we could make it so tough on North Korea with a cyber attack that it would deter them from some of their strange behavior?

We are now talking about deterrence, and as one of you said in your testimony, it is not like the nuclear standoff of mutually assured destruction because we do not have a particular deterrence now.

Letter dated January 3, 2017 from Elizabeth B. Thompson, President, Environmental Defense Action Fund.

Letter dated January 3, 2017 from Harold P. Wimmer, National President and CEO, American Lung Association.