I am glad that after 10 years later, we are making progress on our exit program. When do you plan to have that fully implemented?

Fifteen of the hijackers came from Saudi Arabia. When I look at the Visa Security Program, it does not have 11 of the top 20 high-risk posts included, including Saudi Arabia, which seems sort of interesting to me.

I agree with Madam Chairwoman. That is certainly good news. That is where the Congress in our oversight working with you actually is a positive experience.

Finally, I know I have taken more than my time, but I want to ask Mr. Caldwell and the Sheriff, in terms of your recommendations on what needs to be done to ensure that the type of tanker explosion I showed earlier does not occur in the…

One-third of our economy is associated with global trade, and that trade comes and goes through our ports.

I think that it really is a model for the Nation, and it was so successful that it moved us up in terms of the port security grants from No. 3 to No. 2 in the Nation.

Osama bin Laden's 'war of a thousand cuts' on the U.S. economy has always been a key facet of his strategy.

Although much attention is given to aviation security since 9/11, and rightly so, we cannot ignore the very real potential of threats that exist in the maritime sector.

I would hope that we have an opportunity I think to work together on that effort as well in a bipartisan effort in the Harris County delegation.

I look forward to examining the similarities and differences between security measures here in Houston and those in the Port of Boston.

This committee will be having an authorization bill I believe coming up in the fall.

I hope that, Mr. Green, you and I and the Ranking Member would like to do this as well, to work on this effort to get more of the funding back.