But the real issue I had, too, the specific one, drilling down, is even when you have airports willing to take that cost and you have existing personnel, why are there still roadblocks allowing more--especially on the international…

Should it be a concern? Should it be something we look at in Congress to make sure we are funding?

I want to thank you for taking the time to be here, and we will continue in this committee to try to be helpful on both fronts, to try and deal with expediting people in and out, but also making people more secure.

Every week I fly between my home in Massachusetts and my office in the District of Columbia, and I am well aware that our airports face unique and challenging times.

To me, when you are talking about cameras, that is not just within the terminal but should be outside around the perimeter.

It won't happen, even if it might be helpful.

It is a very tough balance to get people through and to keep us secure.

If it is not up to speed here, my conclusion would be that it is not up to speed anywhere.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for convening this important hearing.

If they had more viable first responder coordination back and forth, there is not one other factor that they could identify that would have saved more lives in that process of reacting to that.

I think one strategy is to maximize our other abilities to try and thwart terrorist acts.

I think all of your agencies have done an extraordinary job in thwarting so many potential terrorist threats.