What are we doing to make sure this is being rooted out and we discover this and then through training or maybe other actions, withholding money and other actions, we could deal with that?

One of the concerns, despite the despicable treatment Syria has shown to the demonstrators, has been the treatment and detainment of innocent journalists at the hands of the Assad regime.

I have encouraged the President to talk more about buy America from the perspective of the Federal Government.

One of the things--and you know when we have these hearings, we have to be careful we don't breach any security or give anyone information that we don't want them to have--but one of the things that I'm very curious about, to the extent that you can talk about it, with the new optics program that you are having with MIT and Lincoln Laboratories and Pacific Northwest, with that camera system, it truly is amazing.

I think the problem is pretty obvious. I think if you are having an investigation on commercial aircraft that are flying all over the country, leaving it to a local police force isn't going to cut it.

This is a tremendous weakness. ... If we're trying to create uniform standards of security, if we leave that to each local police ...

One of them I think is shameful that hasn't been made by us in Congress and elsewhere is that you meet 8:30 every morning and share information.

I've had numerous people say, 'Why aren't we doing what they do in Israel? That works so well.'

Should we be more risk-based? Should we be looking more at the real threat rather than the grandmother?

As Congress, I must say, at a public hearing just like this, we have our own weaknesses. Because the jurisdiction of homeland security is a patchwork quilt.

When there is a threat on board an aircraft, the FBI responds and investigates. When a pilot makes an error on the aircraft, the FAA responds and investigates. And when there is an airplane crash, the NTSB responds and investigates.