Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I rise in support of my amendment that prohibits funds for TSA's Inclusion Action Committee. In August 2020, TSA announced the Inclusion Action Committee, which it describes as a coalition of diverse leaders focused on measuring the current state of diversity and inclusion at the TSA. The committee was instrumental in creating a gender-neutral option for the TSA PreCheck to serve nonbinary and gender nonconforming passengers and allow applicants to select their gender based on self-attestation, regardless of the sex assigned at birth. This is flat-out insanity. Where else does this work in our society? Can I go to a bank and say I am Bill Gates and need a $10 million loan? Can I go to any NFL team and say I am a star football player and get automatically on the team? It is insanity. How does letting a confused man check a box calling himself a woman make our country any safer? Is this really what we should be focusing on? The committee also came out with a report on best practices to support an inclusive, diverse environment. Where is the report on the best practices to secure our border, which has been open for the last 3\1/2\ years? The Department of Homeland Security has utilized over 50 airports to process over 400,000 inadmissible aliens through this administration's unlawful Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan mass parole programs as well as any other country. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”