John Katko

Thank you, Chairman Thompson, for hosting this hearing today.

I dare say you should stand as an example for other agencies to follow.

I am pleased to have partnered with Chairman Thompson and Subcommittee Chairwoman Clarke on mandatory cyber incident reporting legislation.

This isn't partisan at all, these are damned good appointments to really important positions within the cybersecurity realm.

According to a 2016 World Bank report, some 26 million people are forced into poverty every year as a result of natural disasters.

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, 96,000 fewer African-Americans were living in New Orleans, than prior to Hurricane Katrina.

All these factors, and more, contribute to added negative impacts on the front end of a disaster, as well as slower and less effective response and recoveries after disaster strikes.

Unfortunately, disasters around the globe have historically had greater negative impacts on lower-income and minority populations.

I couldn't agree more. Sometimes I think it is a formulaic thing.

Lastly, I thank my friend, Representative Stephanie Murphy from Florida, for her partnership on this bipartisan bill, and I thank Chairman Thompson, my friend, for his commitment to bringing it to the floor today. Mr. Speaker, I urge…

I just want to say, you know, observing the back and forth today, it makes me very proud to be part of this committee because it was productive.

It is important bipartisan legislation, Mr. Pekoske, which will raise a global baseline of aviation security.

I just think we should really try and prioritize that with the other committees.

I think history is going to smile kindly upon all of you because you have taken an impossible situation and you made it very good.

Transportation security officers have an important job and their pay does not reflect it.

I wholeheartedly agree, and I thank the employees of TSA for their service to securing the Nation's transportation systems.

I am extremely concerned that our withdrawal from Afghanistan will create a new safe haven for terrorists.

That's an amazing feat, and I want to keep it that way for the next 20 years.

We must never, ever forget.

As terrorist threats continue to evolve, TSA needs to accelerate its deployment of next generation technology and biometrics to the checkpoint.

I strongly urge my colleagues on the committee and my colleagues in Congress to help the airline industry enforce the rules of law on this.

The bottom line is, the problem on airplanes is very troubling, the problem on airplanes is very real.

The fentanyl seized this year is enough to kill every man, woman, and child in the United States six times over.

Is rebuilding our immigration system allowing cartels to get fentanyl across our border in record numbers?

What is happening at the Southern Border is absolutely out of control.