"I am not prepared to give up on the diplomacy and interaction with South and Central America, we have a lot of allies there."
"I take issue with the fact of America being, in essence, the actor of inappropriate behavior."
"I appreciate you rising to the occasion to do the best that you can, but I am not comfortable that we are where we should be."
"So if we could--if we formulated something else that was more responsive, moved more quickly, but still gave access to the terrorist card, you could be open to that?"
"GAO has found that the pilot results were incomplete, inaccurate, and unreliable for informing Congress."
"GAO concluded these issues, calling to question the TWIC program's premise and its effectiveness in enhancing security."
"For the record, a question to the Coast Guard and TSA to provide us in writing whether you have the tools to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of using the TWIC with readers for enhancing port sec..."
"Let me go to Admiral and Mr. Sadler. I just want to have a pointed question."
"Yes, before we end, might I ask to put in the record three things?"
"GAO concluded these issues call into question the TWIC program's premise and its effectiveness in enhancing security."
"I am not advocating for broader deployment of readers at present, but am concerned that DHS would ask port workers to pay for a biometric card whose biometric capabilities apparently may never be util..."