John Mica actually said...

"The private sector can screen and they do it well. They perform even better, I am absolutely convinced on the covert screening that I have seen and the reports I have had back."

"They built a huge bureaucracy--do you still have 4,000 people around Washington, DC, making, on average, $103,000 apiece?"

"We are going to lose this effort if we continue to put the money into a huge bureaucracy."

"But you need to get out of this Mickey Mouse business, let someone else do the screening, set the standards, conduct the audits."