Mr. Mica. We have heard other disasters, Irene, still back to Katrina, in which there are obligations that have been made.

We want to find a way to make certain that this process moves forward as quickly, efficiently, and as responsibly.

I want to thank this committee and the House of Representatives for finally recognizing the sovereignty of the federally recognized tribes.

Well, hang on to your shorts because, you know, if you are looking at multibillion-dollar recovery and you can only get $7 million out of $25 million promised, you may be in for a long ride.

the administrator of TSA is stonewalling our committee, which created TSA, and refuses to communicate or work with our committee.

I don't think so. And see, that is the problem, because they continually, day after day, week after week, month after month, screen Members of Congress.

But until you have an ID that can tell you who that person is, everything that they do with these programs, to me, is, again, sort of a sham.

I think I have put in law at least 3 times that they should develop a biometric identification.

I went up to Boston to look at what they had set up there, and it was a--it was almost a joke.

So, you really--and what scares me with these pre-clearance programs... is kind of scary to think about this, but Mr. Cravaack is a pilot, and he actually controls the--a plane and can do whatever he wants with the plane.

We need to be closing down TSA as we know it, and instituting a safer, more secure, less bureaucratic, and more effective system.

the system doesn't make us any safer. In fact, now the customers are at risk.