John Mica: “And my colleagues, I had intended to offer an amendment at this stage in the proceedings, but I'm not going to do it at…”

“And my colleagues, I had intended to offer an amendment at this stage in the proceedings, but I'm not going to do it at this time because I have received some cooperation from the Appropriations Committee, and I want to thank Chairman Aderholt and the staff and others for including in this DHS bill some reforms of TSA that are long overdue. The gentleman from Georgia just mentioned that this is an agency that is out of control, and it is important that we as Members of Congress try to get agencies that spin out of control under control, and that's, I think, what we're attempting to do here. Let me say about this process, this is an incredible process and it's an open process, and so I thank our side of the aisle for allowing Members to have these opportunities. {time} 2110 We were closed off from many opportunities in the past to make these changes that are necessary in reforming agencies like TSA. Well, let me say what they have done in this bill that is important, and one reason I'm going to support the bill--they need to go a lot further than they've gone, but one reason I'm going to support the bill is they have taken some opportunity to cut some of the administrative overhead. Listen to this: TSA has grown to 65,000 employees.…”