John Katko

I highly encourage TSA to come to us, because we can give you legislative fixes to things instead of waiting a year.

We cannot have a bureaucratic morass in charge of guarding our airports.

The fact remains, TSA is not responding in a timely manner to seemingly very important issues.

Thank you very much, Chairman McCaul.

Since the start of this Congress, my subcommittee has actively examined a number of alarming aspects related to TSA's operations, policies, and procedures.

I have sponsored H.R. 2750, the Improved Security Vetting for Aviation Workers Act of 2015, which I introduced last week along with Chairman McCaul and Ranking Member Rice and Congressman Payne, to close these security gaps and ensure the…

That is not acceptable.

It has been a year. That doesn't sound like it is being expedited.

Recent revelations that the TSA cleared for employment individuals with potential ties to terrorism demonstrate the dire need for improved, streamlined procedures at the TSA.

I look forward to your questions.

So the takeaway from this, then, is that if there is a resource issue, it is on the CVE side and--or the community outreach side.

I urge the Senate to act quickly on the nomination of Vice Admiral Neffenger to be TSA administrator.

I express my support for President Obama's announcement of his intent to nominate Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger.

I would like to express my support for President Obama's announcement of his intent to nominate Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger...

Mr. Mayorkas, thank you for appearing before us today.

Thank you, Ms. Jackson Lee for being here, showing an interest in the subcommittee's work and for your thoughtful comments and input.

Recurring vetting, to me, is an important and serious issue.

I want to ask this question only because I have experienced it the last two times I have been at Kennedy Airport.

For the people who have paid for the program, it is a negative.

Growth in PreCheckTM should not be at the expense of any of these core objectives, and I am concerned that several initiatives related to expansion of TSA PreCheckTM do not meet these criteria.

Over the last 3 years, TSA has adopted a more common-sense, risk-based approach to passenger screening through the implementation of its PreCheckTM program.

TSA PreCheckTM has fundamentally changed the way Americans think about passenger screening in a post-9/11 world, and I believe it should continue expanding.

TSA PreCheck has fundamentally changed the way Americans think about passenger screening in a post-9/11 world.

I would like to express my sincerest concern for the victims who were attacked last Friday night at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.

TSA PreCheck has garnered a positive response from both passengers and transportation security industry stakeholders.