Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, as expected, we have heard that eliminating the unique personnel management tools that were initially afforded to the TSA is somehow going to undermine the organization, but this ignores the reality that those tools are no longer needed nor effective. The record is replete with evidence that we need to reform the way the TSA is managed in order to address very, very serious issues of recruitment, retention, and training. What is posited here is a false choice between workers' rights and national security, and we reject that choice. We were given an example of gross sexual misconduct as a reason why workers shouldn't have organizational rights. But under title 5's rule, which would apply under this bill, agencies can expedite personnel actions against employees accused of criminal activity, and they also can be removed from their duty post for potential harm to themselves or to others. Again, this is a false choice between workers' rights and national security, or just plain old management. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).”