Political Quotes

“In closing, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the chairman of Homeland Security, Mr. McCaul, and the chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Hudson, for the bipartisan manner in which they have handled not only this bill but all of the bills. It is typical of how we conduct ourselves on the committee. I especially thank my ranking member, Mr. Thompson from Mississippi, as we put the goals, the safety, and the value of the American public over partisanship. This bill does four things that I am really excited about. It creates jobs through working with small businesses. It provides greater transparency with the acquisition process. It creates more efficiencies within the Department and saves the American taxpayers money. Last but certainly not least, it makes our traveling public safer. With these goals that we have made a priority in crafting this legislation and in pushing it through, I am happy with the final product, and I would urge all of our Members to support it. With that, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, in closing, I want to associate myself with the gentleman from Louisiana's remarks. I do think this is a very important bill that will ultimately save taxpayer dollars and that will make the system more efficient while, at the same time, better protecting the traveling public, which, I think, is what it is all about. So I urge the adoption of this bill in order to provide these necessary reforms to TSA acquisition. Mr.…”