"Mr. Mayorkas, thank you for appearing before us today."
"Transportation Security officers have the important responsibility of securing our Nation's aviation systems."
"TSA PreCheck has garnered a positive response from both passengers and transportation security industry stakeholders."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Thank you, Ms. Jackson Lee for being here, showing an interest in the subcommittee's work and for your thoughtful comments and input."
"for the people who have paid for the program, it is a negative."
"I want to ask this question only because I have experienced it the last two times I have been at Kennedy Airport."
"recurring vetting, to me, is an important and serious issue."