I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to say that I will be happy to work with you, Mr. Barton, as we move forward in the appropriations process.

I will in just a moment. There's no intent to make that type of purchase by DHS in any form or fashion. It's just a way that contracting is done on ammunition to utilize the cheapest price. I will also say--and then I will yield--we…

We will support the lady's amendment. And I will be happy to yield to my colleague, Mr. Price, so that he can also support this amendment.

These three amendments en bloc that we've got here, I want to address them as they were raised. I support the first amendment with the reservations that I don't understand some of the language in section B, but I'm not here today to act in…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Chairman Mica makes very good points. FLETC and DHS should review their training regimen and determine where simulation equipment makes sense. I appreciate the gentleman bringing this opportunity to my…

I share some of the concerns of the gentleman from Mississippi, and I believe that the outstanding question still remains over the actual value of the Behavior Detection Officer, BDO program, which has yet to be sufficiently validated by…

I would like to say to my colleague, I'm on the same wavelength as him, and I have had both my personal office and my staff here at the committee look into in detail the allegations that he has raised by his amendment. He is quite accurate…

I appreciate the gentleman's question. The committee has long expressed concerns with the operation of the National Capital Region Coordination Office, and numerous GAO audits have confirmed our concerns that the office has been…

I appreciate the opportunity to work with the gentleman on this issue, but I cannot accept this amendment. Following the 2004 Madrid train bombing and the 2005 London bombings that targeted civilians using public transportation, Visible…

While I have concerns with carving out funding amounts for specific grants, I will accept the amendment. I was born and raised in Houston, Texas. I had something happen to me many years ago as a young lawyer in a hearing at the Port of…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia and assure him that we will continue to work together on this issue. With that, I yield back the balance of my time.

The simple fact is this amendment is unnecessary and harmful to national security, in my opinion. Now, am I happy with TSA? No. I have criticism of TSA also. Most people who travel have some criticism of TSA. But zeroing out TSA and…