Why would we make them do it again? I mean, their TWIC card is not forever.
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Criticizing the need for repeated certifications despite existing clearances.
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It's unclear to what extent the air marshal program is reducing risk to aviation security, despite the more than $820 million annually that is spent on the program.
We have something we call 'maintenance of effort' that we use in other programs, educational programs, when there is Federal money, we say to States, 'You have to maintain effort.'
the question is--and my advice to the Committee is to look at the roles that the Federal Government has taken over that would be better and more efficiently done at the State level.
The important thing is to restore the confidence in the country, in terms of what you are doing, why you are doing it, and how you are doing it.





