Political Quotes

“I come to the floor today to ask my colleagues to vote on the nomination of Admiral David Pekoske to serve a second term as Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration. We recently commemorated the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the 3,000 lives lost here in the United States when tragically the Pentagon was struck, downtown Manhattan, and Shanksville, PA. In response to that, Congress created the TSA--Transportation Security Administration--to strengthen the Nation's security and our transportation system. And every day that TSA works the frontlines to protect the traveling public, it is working to also prevent future attacks. It is safeguarding our Nation's infrastructure and certainly working every day to make sure that the flying public continues to move through a successful process. TSA's mission lies in the commitment of professionals and highly skilled individuals. Admiral Pekoske's confirmation and continued leadership of this team will enable the TSA to further its ongoing and important mission. Over the past two decades, the TSA has had to deal with many challenges: facing the continued threats of concealing weapons in shoes and underwear and even in soft drinks. And in 2010, the TSA began detecting explosives in electronics and countering attacks on the public side of airports. Today, the landscape is even more sophisticated with state and nonstate actors and cyber attacks.…”