Donna Edwards

I am here to urge the committee to defund the democracy promotion programs with respect to those programs that are operating in Cuba.

We don't yet know if the SPOT program is 'a fiasco.' Isn't that correct?

Ranking Member Edwards, I thank you again for this opportunity to discuss the research to validate the Screening of Passengers by Observation Technique Referral Report.

It would be good to get a cost/benefit analysis and risk assessment before we spend another, you know, $20 million, $2 million, or $2 on the program.

This question about who needs to appear or not is not a decision, really, for the Administration.

I think that there are a number of questions that actually go to things like training protocols and other aspects of the SPOT program.

I want to thank the Chairman for calling this hearing and I look forward to hearing the testimony of the witnesses who are here today.

Can hunches be harnessed in service of identifying potential threats to air traffic safety? That is the key question that underlies today's hearing.

Too often that investment has been wasted and too often we have relied on technology that is not adequately tested before it is deployed.

We would hope that a DHS-funded validation report on the SPOT program would be available for this hearing today.

I think they lost an important opportunity to inform the Congress and the public why they believe the SPOT program is worthy of our support.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And congratulations to you as you convene the first of what I hope are many oversight hearings to make sure that we are paying attention to the kind of oversight that we need to engage in on the Science and…

I would urge DHS to consider that.

CRA had many clients from the oil, coal and energy industry, but overall its energy practice represented only a small fraction of its business

Without any regard for what the climate might be doing, it is clear that the increase in GHG concentrations is due primarily to human progress through (again primarily) carbon-based energy production which is directly related to the…

Those nations that are first to develop sensible technology and policies to deal with climate change and pollution will likely attain great economic advantages.

Millions of millions of children and poor people in Africa are dying because of the lack of DDT to--as an effective way of getting rid of disease vectors.

We need to continue investment in climate research, even though you might quibble about whether your minority view was included

I think that in any field of science there is continual study of science.

I think it has proven itself, from my opinion.

I just want to clarify for the record that I have here, and we have entered these into the record before, Mr. Chairman, seven scientific, you know, independent reports that have evaluated this question of--and some describe Climategate…

Congress should acknowledge that we are not the experts, and that allowing partisan politics to dictate the scientific understanding of climate change is cynical, short-sighted, and, by definition, ignorant.

Science will not allow us to run from the facts, no matter how inconvenient these facts may be.

I look at this panel today and I must ask, 'Well, where are they?' Where are the masses of legitimate expert witness that will corroborate the assertion that climate change is an unproven theory, or worse, a hoax?

I believe that a subject as complex as we are attempting to cover today warrants at the very least multiple panels, if not multiple hearings.