Bonnie Watson Coleman

This should not be a partisan issue. This is not about gun control, but about aviation security.

We recognize that we are all in this together, Black, Jewish, Muslim, atheist, Sikh, whatever.

First of all, I thank Representative Leger Fernandez for managing this very important Special Order hour. I want to tell her and you, Madam Speaker, that I have been totally inspired by my colleague's comments thus far on the benefits of…

Last month, Chairman Thompson and I sent TSA Administrator Pekoske a letter urging him to robustly pursue civil penalties against passengers who violate the Federal mask mandate.

the consequences of assaulting TSOs, flight attendants, or ground-based workers should be made explicitly clear...

That is why it is so important that we understand the necessity of passing a permanent piece of legislation to give the TSOs the right to negotiate these same rights that the airline industry and that the flight attendants are able to…

I look forward to hearing from our witnesses about how vaccination efforts are progressing among their memberships...

The safety of front-line workers and passengers is paramount...

I thank the gentlewoman from Texas for spearheading this Special Order hour and for giving me an opportunity to share a few of my remarks. Mr. Speaker, I rise today optimistic, optimistic that our country is on the verge of taking a…

I want to be crystal clear. When it comes to transportation cybersecurity, inaction is not an option.

If hackers succeed in bringing down a plane or derailing a train, it's not an airline or railroad that would pay the steepest price.

In 2001, terrorists needed to make it onto the planes and into the cockpit in order to execute the 9/11 attack. However, in 2021, we must also consider the possibility that a terrorist or hostile nation could hijack a flight by hacking it…

major investment in our infrastructure shows not just Americans that they should be able to travel safely

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me to be able to address something that I think is so critical and is such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. There are so many elements of this Build Back Better agenda that touch us from the very…

CWS urges the Biden administration to process vulnerable Afghans to the United States, including Afghans who remain in Afghanistan and those in other host/third countries, for as long as it takes to get people to safety.

I was proud to join a bipartisan group of my colleagues in introducing the Welcome Act in September to provide evacuees admitted to the United States under humanitarian parole with the standard refugee benefits that are provided to others.

We are strong supporters of law enforcement across this country, and we don't engage in hyperbole or politicization of the protection of our citizens through its law enforcement.

I am really sensitive to these issues of redundancies.

the question that's still needed to be answered is why weren't we proactively prepared?

This would help us with the morale issues.

As we have seen in recent ransomware attacks, our adversaries consider no target off-limits.

I believe that I am motivated by that. That is American to me.

Whipping Haitians is unconscionable, unacceptable, un-American.

Sending them to a country that has been just ravaged by earthquakes, ravaged by instability in its political and governmental realm, and dangerous with gangs.

As Chair of this subcommittee, I am particularly perturbed by the number of violent assaults against our TSOs in recent months.