Henry Cuellar: “The way we're going I think it's going to become a crisis.”

As a sportsman, I appreciate you using the word hunters, hunters to find those threats, because, again, some of them, like you mentioned, are deep somewhere else.

When the government shuts down, even a partial shutdown like we’re experiencing now, reporting falls behind. Without a funding agreement, these requirements lapse.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Administrator, the Federal Air Marshals go down there, I think there is a call for a surge--I mean, you know, when there is a need for a surge, they are sent there voluntarily?

Mitigate staffing shortages by hiring, training, and certifying technical staff to be ready to assume those critical radar maintenance duties as technicians retire.