"That would help drive cost down."
"I commend you for doing that."
"there will be no flights from the United States--from Cuba to the United States unless the Federal Air Marshal Service has been allowed to be on those flights"
"The administration's lack of transparency on this issue is unacceptable and leads me to believe that the administration is either hiding something or, worse, simply negligent of the security concerns ..."
"Cuba also remains a critical counterintelligence threat, but the administration is telling us that we should entrust the safety and security of American citizens to the Cuban government."
"What this article reflects is truly frightening, given the fact that Cuba currently has zero document verification machines at any of its airports."
"We are here today not to elaborate on the merits of the administration's rapprochement with Cuba, but to take a serious look, as is our job, at the National security implications of a policy that has ..."
"Despite having been briefed numerous times by components of the Department prior to this hearing, I learned only yesterday from a press release that on May 5 Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas signed..."
"But the administration is telling us that we should entrust the safety and security of American citizens to the Cuban government."
"These types of incidents, which have occurred far too many times in recent history, raise serious concerns about the ability and the willingness of Cuban officials to take airport security and passeng..."
"We are here today, not to debate the merits of the administration's rapprochement with Cuba, but to take a serious look at the National security implications."
"I want to thank our witnesses from DHS, CBP, TSA, and the State Department for coming here today to discuss the decision to allow scheduled commercial air travel between the United States and Cuba."