Carlos Gimenez

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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.