“a reckless act”
“Allowing a potentially catastrophic security deficiency to remain in place for seven months and counting betrays TSA's mission”
“Such inaction violates Federal law, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance and DHS's own directives”
“a willingness to gamble the American people's security”
“a stunning failure of leadership”
“outrageous, unacceptable and dangerous to the flying public”

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On the recordJuly 29, 2015
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 29, 2015, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Role of Bankruptcy Reform in Addressing Too-Big- To Fail.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. subcommittee on oversight, agency action, federal rights, and federal courts
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