"Confidence in aviation security at home begins with the assurance that our global partners are enforcing security standards abroad."
"We cannot afford to ignore the potential security lessons from the Australian incident, which was thankfully unsuccessful."
"We must always strive to lead in this critically important area, because raising the aviation security standard around the globe will ultimately keep Americans safe."
"Thank you for the opportunity today to discuss our work examining the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) foreign airport assessment and air carrier inspection programs."
"I look forward to your questions."
"I really applaud the Homeland Security and TSA for having the guts to do that because it worked."
"I constantly hear from my constituents back home about this issue, about the whole cybersecurity issue. They are terrified."
"You can't make change until you identify the problem. Once you identify the problem, then you can address it."
"Terrorists are relentless in their efforts to target aviation."
"As Chairman Katko has stated, in 2010, terrorists attempted to hide bombs inside printer cartridges that were shipped out of Yemen."
"I think it is critically important to the function of all of these places, all of these agencies going forward that they had this reauthorization."
"I think that the 5-year term for the administrator was probably one of the best provisions 'cause I thought of it."