John Katko

I do not support the cuts to either one of you because, you know, I have been in Government since I was 28 years old.

But this is not a time to be slashing TSA's budget.

So if I hear it correctly, you are saying it is not just the bricks and mortars we are talking about here, we are talking about the security component.

Air travel is going to be increasing 30 to 40 percent in the not-too-distant future.

I also wear a terrorism hat from the Committee on Homeland Security, so I am also vitally concerned about weaponizing these unmanned vehicles.

I am vitally concerned about the amount of vehicles that are going to be in the air in 2050.

The collaborative nature of this program between the Department of Homeland Security and chemical facilities is a key part of its value.

CFATS must continue to evolve in small ways to ensure chemical facilities are equipped to address evolving security risks.

I believe that any changes to CFATS should preserve and encourage this collaboration.

A long-term reauthorization of the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards Program, or CFATS, is a crucial component of this subcommittee's work.

Cybersecurity is one of the great threats of our time and that's why it's such a high honor to be on this committee.

As this is my first hearing as Ranking Member of this subcommittee, I look forward to working with you.

A long-term reauthorization of the CFATS is a crucial component of this subcommittee's work to protect our infrastructure and in that regard I completely agree with the Chairman.

I would like to figure out how we can just incentivize people to kind-of fill that gap.

It might ameliorate some of the--some of my colleague Ms. Rice's concerns about whistleblower retaliation.

Does the CFATS--anyone aware that CFATS has what is a--a tip line program?

I think it is incumbent when we have this discussion to understand that we all agree--both sides of the aisle--that beefing up the ports of entry and the security, and using the highest technologies we can there is critically important.

I have never voted to keep the Government closed, and I never will, and the consequence be damned to me politically because it is more important that we do our jobs, and we abdicate our responsibility when we don't do that.

The more that we use shutdowns as a political tool, the more we are really flirting with disaster, and I have never voted for a shutdown.

Compromise is not a dirty word, and at the heart of what causes shutdowns in my mind is an inability to compromise, political posturing and gamesmanship

I want to congratulate you on becoming Chair of this committee and I am looking forward to working with you.

America doesn't want to see people just throwing bombs at each other. They want to see people sitting down and getting things done and working and compromising.

The fact of the matter is, we need security.

What really matters is that there's people in Ohio and in my district and all over this country tonight that are planning funerals for their children who would die from heroin overdoses partly because the border is not as secure as it…

Ronald Reagan did it all the time with Tip O'Neill. They were politically and diametrically on different ends of the spectrum.