06/13/2011
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"This is a committee that I have a great affection for because I indicated before that the TSOs are the first line of defense, if you will, for the neighborhood, for the Nation's aviation security."
"I support a professional staff, not privatization."
"So there has been a fix, if you will, and obviously we have to see that it is a consistent fix."
"I have often said in this committee and said to TSOs and others that the Transportation Security Administration are the first responders of aviation security."