John Mica actually said...

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

"Every study we have had--y'all--we just had--I have TSA oversight on my Transportation Subcommittee assignment. We just had a hearing at the full committee level, and the IG GAO came in and said almos..."

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

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