I am here to urge the committee to defund the democracy promotion programs with respect to those programs that are operating in Cuba.
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.
Too often that investment has been wasted and too often we have relied on technology that is not adequately tested before it is deployed.
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...
We would hope that a DHS-funded validation report on the SPOT program would be available for this hearing today.
Can hunches be harnessed in service of identifying potential threats to air traffic safety? That is the key question that underlies today's ...
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.
This question about who needs to appear or not is not a decision, really, for the Administration.
Ranking Member Edwards, I thank you again for this opportunity to discuss the research to validate the Screening of Passengers by Observatio...
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 would urge DHS to consider that.