John Katko

I encourage all of the witnesses today to be candid about how the scope of this initiative can be expanded.

I look forward to hearing the perspectives of our witnesses on how TSA and its industry partners are working together.

I want to really reiterate that the primary goal, in my mind, of the ITF is to give them the tools necessary to expand their operations.

Yes. I was just going to ask the same thing, for sure.

Now, of course we have to watch the budget. We have a terrible deficit.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

It is this committee's job to make sure that this task force is meeting its stated goals, and has the resources it needs.

I commend the former administrator for starting this critical effort, and I support the important mission of this initiative.

We want to know how DHS and TSA can better support this task force.

Rest assured Ms. Esty, myself and others, we are robust supporters of this program, and we will work hard to keep it.

We are in an era where we are reviewing the overregulation of everything.

I would encourage you to include in your bill.

It is a critical aid to the redevelopment and the use of blighted properties.

I am proud to say I have partnered with my colleague on the other side of the aisle, Ms. Esty, to present a reauthorization bill.

We need to do a better job with that.

However, the reality is that commercial private-sector entities cannot practically be expected to defend themselves against nation-state attacks in cyber space.

We are looking the wrong direction.

I think it is a good way to patrol the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence as best you can.

Yes, I helped stand one up on Massena, New York before I left.

I can say with certainty that we will continue to hold FEMA's feet to the fire to ensure that the Trump administration builds upon the Obama administration's progress.

I was a Member of Congress when terrorists struck the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, and my district is in a State that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, so I can tell you with a great degree of confidence that emergency response is too…

Setting aside the fact that this Executive Order could make some of our largest cities that are at greatest risk of terrorist attacks ineligible for grant funds, the sloppy drafting of the Executive Order also suggests emergency response…

How about you stop the demand and then the drug flow will go away?

I pray to God that it doesn't happen here.

I admire you for wanting to take it on and I appreciate you willing to do so.