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Carlos Gimenez

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Carlos Gimenez is an American politician and member of the Republican Party, currently serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 26th congressional district since January 3, 2021. Prior to his election to Congress, he served as the Mayor of Miami-Dade County from July 1, 2011, until November 17, 2020. During his tenure as mayor, Gimenez focused on issues such as economic development, public safety, and infrastructure improvements in the county.

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Feb 14, 2022

There has to be, I think, the solution to this for 90 to 95 percent is greater signage.

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Feb 14, 2022

I am not sure where heightened penalties are going to avert that because it was a mistake.

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Feb 14, 2022

Our dedicated Transportation Security Officers continue protect the traveling public, day in and day out. They deserve better pay that is reflective of the immense value they provide to our aviation system.

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Feb 14, 2022

TSA must ensure that its workforce has what it needs in next-generation Computed Tomography technology to accurately find firearms and other prohibited items in carry-on bags.

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Feb 14, 2022

There has been a concerning rise in the number of firearms that TSA officers have found at airport security checkpoints Nation-wide.

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Feb 14, 2022

TSA cannot continue to delay and slow walk this needed investment in airport checkpoints Nation-wide.

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Feb 14, 2022

This is not a gun control issue. This is an education issue.

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Feb 14, 2022

I look forward to hearing from the witnesses today on how a security incident like the one in Atlanta can be prevented in the future.

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Feb 2, 2022

And one thing you can do is actually tell people why it is important to put on it airplane mode.

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Feb 2, 2022

Well, I guess we got caught up in the race to 5G.

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Dec 6, 2021

I have no questions at this time. Thank you.

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Dec 1, 2021

Whatever you do, please, please, please be very cognizant of the fact that if you raise corporate taxes or if you do something to make us less competitive economically, that's going to reverse many of the benefits from the CHIPS Act.

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Nov 16, 2021

Well, I mean, if you don't have a containment vessel that actually can contain the reaction, everything else is moot, right?

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Nov 15, 2021

Transportation workers are crucial to the country's movement of goods, services, and people.

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Nov 15, 2021

TSA employees should have the right to choose if and when they will receive the vaccine based on their personal health considerations.

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Nov 1, 2021

We are going to centralize this thing, and we are going to make smart decisions based on what the greater good of the county is.

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Nov 1, 2021

It will save $2 billion a year in lease payments which, to me, is a very smart investment and payback of the American people.

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Oct 25, 2021

I will be introducing some legislation to try and wean us off of these Chinese cranes and other infrastructure needs at our ports that may be coming from adversary nations.

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Oct 25, 2021

We need other sources that are either allies or friendly nations and not so much of it coming from one source with China.

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Oct 25, 2021

I actually believe that it is the biggest threat that we have, is the ascendancy of China.

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Oct 25, 2021

Whenever the Chinese want, they can cut off our supply of spare parts

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Oct 25, 2021

We had concerns about embedded in the software that came with the cranes was malware

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Oct 25, 2021

Having a strong public-private partnership as new cyber requirements are imposed in the transportation sector is key.

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Oct 25, 2021

The recent ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline only served to highlight what owners and operators of these critical infrastructure systems already knew--a significant cyber incident has enormous ramifications to their systems and can…

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