On the recordDecember 9, 2019
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3318, the Emerging Transportation Security Threats Act of 2019, sponsored by my good friend and colleague, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Joyce). This legislation establishes a task force aimed at improving the security of the traveling public by bringing together relevant Federal authorities and transportation security stakeholders. The task force established by this legislation will look at emerging and potential future threats to transportation security from a number of threat vectors, including cybersecurity, explosives, public area security, and evolving terrorist attacks. This bill also directs the Administrator of the TSA to develop relevant threat mitigation plans in close coordination with transportation security stakeholders and appropriate Federal agencies. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.
