John Mica: “Just to respond about the O'Hare incidents, as we look into the O'Hare incident, we find first of all Federal officials…”

“Just to respond about the O'Hare incidents, as we look into the O'Hare incident, we find first of all Federal officials failed to detect this individual who was here on an expired visa. We find that Federal officials failed and let go this individual after he committed these violations. Actually, he was arrested when he came back. We also find that Federal officials failed because Federal officials are the ones that decided on the level of technology, and the level of technology now deployed is flawed. We have even better technology that will detect all kinds of weapons. Mr. Speaker, as I said in the debate last week, we can have someone with a Ph.D. If we have X-ray technology of the 70s and 80s, we cannot detect. That is part of the problem.”