Mr. Chairman, I want to remind you that just 2 days ago in this hearing room former Speaker Gingrich urged us as Members of Congress to stop being obstructionists and work together, especially in the interest of security.

Well, I am not asking you to review the program. But in your review, I would think if you had run across a Senator's letter or a Representative's letter on these particular projects, you would have included them in your report.

I think every Member of this committee would want to know if he did something wrong or if he did something that wasn't in accordance to the law--not policy, the law.

But I think what the gentlelady is asking for is a balance.

But I am just trying to say, again, the report was incomplete.

It is illegal to lie or make misrepresentation to Congress, whether you are sworn in or not.

Well, and the point I am trying to make is we get an Inspector General's report that would lead you to believe that only Democrats contacted on behalf of this job creation program.

I think if your report is going to really have credence and not impugn the integrity of Mr. Mayorkas...

This man has a substantial career, and one that I think should go and give him a little more deference.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I will be introducing legislation to address these known vulnerabilities regarding expedited screening.

Today there are 1 million known low-risk travelers in the PreCheck program. That is a good start.

Former TSA Administrator John Pistole deserves great credit for recognizing the potential of a trusted traveler program and integrating the PreCheck program into TSA's risk-based airport screening operations.

I support the PreCheck program, too, but I want it to have sound science behind it and not just the ability to look at somebody who hasn't been vetted.

I appreciate the subcommittee's willingness to take a hard look at the security vulnerabilities associated with how the Transportation Security Administration is administering the PreCheck program.

As a frequent flyer, I have long believed that TSA should have a trusted traveler program where individuals identified as low-risk travelers are provided expedited airport security screening.

So, Mr. Fletcher, can you share with the committee what orientation TSOs are going through now so that they do feel empowered that, when those situations exist, they can, in effect, stop it at that point?

I have no confidence, based on the public and Classified information I have seen, that this is the case.

So, basically, we let a domestic terrorist get on a plane that, if that person had applied through PreCheck, that person would have--well, if that person who traveled had applied through the regular PreCheck program, what would that…

Mr. Speaker, let me say how I appreciate your historical analysis of how we got to where we are today, and the fact that rather than just blame President Obama, you talked about the broader perspective.

I think we are in agreement that this should be dealt with as a National issue, not a partisan issue.

If that is true, then let me repeat the rather bold thing I suggested earlier, which is that Congress ought to ask the National security institutions what are the things that Congress has done over the last 30 years that hamstrings their…

I think my concern is for you, sir, is based on what I have heard from the testimony, it is absolutely imperative that we identify what allies we have left in the region, that we create some kind of a strategy to address this in a broader…

I want to build upon the work that we are already doing and encourage this committee to continue the serious discussions on ways to counter message while protecting innovations and Constitutional rights.

I want to learn from General Hayden when it is appropriate to leave our public servants in a dangerous situation in the interest of gathering more intelligence.