John Katko

I will note for the record that Mr. Keating's record is now still intact to mention perimeter security at every hearing.

I will note with respect to the PreCheck that we had in my airport in Syracuse, they used to have to drive 45 minutes north to Oswego, New York, to the port to get PreCheck, and now we got a kiosk put in the airport, and it is jammed all…

The Five-Year Plan is not something that can be ignored. I would ask that moving forward, that they take the Five-Year Plan with the seriousness with which it was passed into law.

It is incumbent upon this committee to ensure that the Transportation Security Administration has the resources it needs to protect the American people against those threats.

Terrorists remain committed to attacking the West, and every day these groups are recruiting new soldiers to their cause.

I thank Dr. Murphy. I rise today to talk about one of the most serious challenges facing our country, and that is the mental health issue. It is a problem that affects the rich and the poor, old and young, employed and unemployed. It can…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Texas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, after having spent much of the last year heading a bipartisan task force with the author of this bill, Mr. Hurd, it became clear that we are not winning the fight to…

In the last 12 years, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, has provided almost $100 billion in disaster relief and disaster assistance. However, a significant and increasing amount of these funds have gone to cover FEMA's…

Did you even discuss or examine the possibility of simply expediting the visa process for these individuals...

Instead of sweeping them all under the umbrella of National security, which is, quite frankly, B.S....

Why the heck didn't you just go along with what the law said and expedite the visa process for these people...

I applaud that, and I would like to hear you--have you report back to us what you are doing in that regard.

Many people often say that Government, Congress doesn't get anything done. Well, this is proof positive that you find a problem, you find a solution to it.

Miss Rice and myself and others on this committee are dead-set to make sure that we fix that.

My biggest concern with TSA since I got this chair, was that for a young agency it has all of the tell-tale signs of well-entrenched bureaucracy.

It is incumbent upon this subcommittee to provide the necessary oversight to streamline the agency's policies and procedures, while ensuring that taxpayer dollars are appropriately spent on technologies that are proven to be effective at…

Taxpayer dollars should never be wasted on technology that is not effective or meeting our needs--unfortunately, this is a problem with which the Transportation Security Administration has struggled for many years.

I would like to thank the gentleman from New Jersey for introducing this bill, and I rise today in support of it. The tragic events in San Bernardino have brought ISIS violence to our shores. Attacks like this are aimed at undermining our…

The terror continues, the terror is increasing, and it is clear that we have to step up our game.

Well, I think that there is a desire to change it and that is why we are having his hearing today.

Does that include the 9 percent that we are talking about or----

So we have--so that is a cost, we have got that.

I look forward to hearing from the GAO on what can be done to address some of these critical information gaps.

It concerns me that TSA has failed to adequately address this issue with a transparent and accurate cost assessment.

A lack of adequate information exists to measure the success of SPP versus non-SPP screening operations almost 12 years after the implementation of the program.