Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this bill because this bill is inclusive in approach and comprehensive in scope. It's not perfect, Mr. Chairman, yet it does help perfect Homeland Security.

It provides for surface transportation, security enhancement by tripling the funds available. It provides security training and performance enhancement for significant employees. It provides that airport security and screening enhancement policies be put in place. It provides, Mr. Chairman, that foreign repair stations' security be elevated to U.S. standards. It provides transportation security credential improvements to guard against intruders. It provides for domestic air cargo and checked baggage security to better protect the traveling public. It provides for a general aviation enhancement grant program to help general aviation airports. It provides K-9 detection resources to sniff out drugs. It provides research and development to integrate transportation and security technologies.

It's not perfect, yet it does help to perfect Homeland Security. It is inclusive in approach in that we had the inclusion of all parties interested--the partners, all of the stakeholders were brought into this, Republicans and Democrats alike, labor and industry as well. It is comprehensive in scope.

I support this bill. I thank the chairman for the wonderful work he has done, the ranking member, and also the subcommittee chair, Sheila Jackson-Lee, the Congresswoman from Texas, my colleague, as well as Mr. Dent, the ranking member.

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