03/19/2014
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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 is that fiscal year 2016, can we expect 1,600 and then 2,500?"
"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."