John Mica: “I yield myself the balance of my time. I believe the gentleman's intention is good. The problem I have is with the…”

“I yield myself the balance of my time. I believe the gentleman's intention is good. The problem I have is with the crafting of the amendment. Now, heaven knows that there's probably been no one that's more critical of TSA. I helped create it along, actually, with Mr. DeFazio back in 2001. They have a lot of important responsibilities. One of them is clearly defined as aviation security, and it should be in repair stations. Quite frankly, I am concerned about beefing up some of that, getting some of the 3,700 bureaucrats that work and earn on average $105,000, just within miles of here, relocated to where they can do their security function at a place that does pose risk, and that's some of these foreign locations. But this doesn't do the job. It complicates the assignment we have for FAA. And TSA is in a rulemaking process to address this responsibility, which is appropriately located within the purview of, and again, the jurisdiction of TSA. So I, again, oppose the opposition, will work with the gentleman. I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1720 Mr. DeFAZIO. I yield myself such time as I may consume. I appreciate the chairman, and I have worked together with him well and will continue to do that in the future. But we have got to differ on this. The TSA is not considering requiring criminal terrorist background checks as a requirement for overseas repair stations.…”