"Because how do we know that that will not happen--that is not happening right now?"
"I am still not comfortable that we have a system in place that will stop the issuance of a passport, checks have been made as to whether this person has a valid Social Security number or not."
"And that could lead to prosecution or----"
"It should never have been issued, but we have taken additional steps to ensure that the 'No record found' will, in fact, stop the adjudication."
"If there is a need for us to strengthen the laws on passport issuance, we want to hear from you."
"If you believe that the law is inadequate as it relates to those people who have Social Security numbers and providing information for you to do an adequate check, then let us know."
"I am not sure we all agree with Senator Feinstein that there should be no exceptions to the rule."
"There has got to be some really good reason for issuing a passport if you have not gotten the information back."
"I appreciate that. I think there are two separate issues here."
"Using your report based upon their response, it was predominantly a human error problem in the end."
"this is a matter of, I think, extreme importance for national security."
"we have an obligation to make sure that our system is done in an adequate way."