Steven Horsford

Isn't it true that your plan to transfer responsibility of exit lanes from the TSA to local airport authorities has been met with near universal resistance from local airports?

So on that exit lane issue which I raised earlier with you, and your point was you guys can't afford it so you are going to shift that burden to local airports, local airports have budget constraints, too.

So I would like to ask if I can follow up with you and someone from your office in that regard to make sure that that process is clear to the local airport directors?

I just want to associate myself with the comments of the Ranking Members and the other panelists who have talked about the need to both protect our National security while preserving Americans' right to privacy and our civil liberties.

I recently offered an amendment to Ranking Member Thompson's bill, the Aviation Security Stakeholder Participation Act, which will form the Aviation Security Advisory Committee.

I think in light of the resent tragic events at the Los Angeles airport, airport security is once again in the fore.

I am rather insulted by this House Republican playbook----

Can you explain why you believe consumers should have confidence that their information is secure?

Do you believe the site poses any unreasonable risks to consumers?

Is Healthcare.gov any more or less risky to consumers than other sites, including private company information?

I also sit on the Homeland Security Committee, we are having a hearing also this morning on this subject.

This is an important hearing. Our constituents are rightfully concerned about their right to be able to access affordable health care on the website, Healthcare.gov.

What has been more troubling is the fact that this has been turned into more of a game than it has been about how we can work together to fix the problems of the site.

The Department of Homeland Security is required to meet those Federal privacy and security standards, correct?

I want to fist associate myself with the comments of the Ranking Member and several other Members of the committee who, like myself listening to my constituents, am concerned about where things stand with the roll-out of the Affordable…

From my understanding, obviously the HIPAA rules as established set Federal standards to protect individually identifiable health information.

On October 1st, 2012, the Inspector General's office publicly released a report issuing 49 recommendations on conference oversight, internal controls and spending.

What is troubling to me is you say all the right things operationally for what is needed--the integration, the sharing of information--but then we have policy that doesn't support that approach.

I want to commend my colleague, Mr. Payne, for his legislation on the study for the smart grid.

The blame should not be placed on the National Park Service or the individual park, but clearly on the shoulders of Congress that caused the shutdown in the first place.

Our national parks belong to the American people and they should be open, along with every other essential part of the government.

Well, if Director Jarvis or any of the other public service professionals have failed for having to carry out the shutdown, then what does that say about the Republican Members who caused the shutdown in the first place?

I hope that members on the other side will avoid reckless and, in my opinion, irresponsible assertions that personal information will be compromised under the Affordable Care Act.

Thank you to the gentlelady from California. I will just conclude, Mr. Speaker, by saying that we demand a vote. We demand a vote on a clean funding resolution, one that's supported by 198 Democrats, 23 Republicans, 221 Members. A majority…

I thank the gentleman from New York. I know we are coming down to the end of our time. I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee).