Carlos Gimenez

I'm glad that we can bring these two subcommittees together to discuss how to protect our vital aviation, surface transportation, and maritime systems from cyber threats.

Thank you, Chairwoman Clarke and Watson Coleman, for holding this important hearing today...

I would urge you to make sure that your processes are in place so that we can have the safety that the flying public and the American people deserve and demand, but also, that we keep pace with production.

Is it possible to have enhanced oversight, and also, production not to be slow? Is that possible, or are they mutually exclusive?

I will take that as a no then.

I take that as a yes. Thank you. I appreciate that.

Does it make any sense to you then that you could have an airplane full of 300 people, say, that are unvaccinated, and the only people that have to be vaccinated are actually the people that are operating the airplane?

I think they were tactful about it, but they're hitting at a fundamental problem right now within the National Weather Service.

It's a national security issue as much as anything else, so very important work you're doing.

I want to thank you for your service and your leadership over the last several years, and what you've brought for our country.

The Centers for Disease Control seem to think that somehow the virus somehow is more contagious coming from Europe and from Canada than it is coming from the Southern Border, which kind-of blows up the whole argument about following the…

A grave concern is the fact that the Secretary and other political appointees within DHS have provided factually inaccurate or incorrect information to Congressional representatives and to the American public.

The Biden administration's team at DHS is laser-focused on expediting the flow of migrants into the United States and downplaying the significant vulnerability this creates for terrorists, narcotics smugglers, human traffickers, and even…

What happens to somebody who tries to do this two times?

Would you say that the majority of those that have the gun on them have some kind of concealed weapons permit?

As passenger volume continues to increase this summer and into the fall, it is incumbent upon TSA to facilitate the higher travel volume in an efficient and very secure manner.

Increasing TSO pay is important to maintaining a strong front-line work force and to secure the traveling public.

Not a criminal penalty? I understand--look, I understand that some people may have--may inadvertently leave a firearm in a carry on, et cetera, and I understand that, but there is not--the civil penalty is not a criminal penalty to do that?

I am pleased that the subcommittee is holding this hearing today to discuss how TSA is securing the traveling public in our Nation's airports as air travel begins to recover.

I believe that an obstacle to recruiting and retaining TSA officers is that they need to be paid more.

We must ensure our security checkpoints are properly staffed for the number of travelers that they are seeing.

I now yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin), who represents Texas' 36th District. He is a lifelong resident of east Texas and my colleague on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Science, Space, and Technology…

I couldn't agree with the Congresswoman more. As a father and a grandfather, it is atrocious, the debt that we are going to be leaving our children and our grandchildren. We are stealing their future. They will not have the money that they…

I want to thank my colleague from Pennsylvania's 13th District for those strong words and strong ideas on why we need to hold the people accountable who unleashed this horrific virus on the United States and the world at large. Mr…

Who would know better about protecting life and saving life than the good doctor from Pennsylvania and my colleague, Congressman John Joyce. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Hill), who has led a distinguished career…