i also want to recognize the tsa officers grigsby and spear. from what i've seen, you are true heroes. what you did the day. we appreciate your service. i want to thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue. i also want to thank the los angeles world airport for hosting us. chief galen, who gave us a tour of the terminal this morning. john pistole, tsa, ms. lindsey, thank you for hosting us and giving us a briefing this morning. they were very informative and insightful. it is critical that agencies responsible for protecting our airports are doing all they can to keep passengers and employees safe. i believe this hearing is an important opportunity to examine lessons learned from the shooting, what went well, and what didn't. how we should apply those lessons learned to others as we move forward. unfortunately, we live in a very dangerous world. events like the one that happened here are difficult if not impossible to prevent. but what we can do is improve our ability to protect the threats before someone starts shooting or detonates a

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. >>> in 2011, a white supremacist couple named david peterson and holly grigsby, they were arrested fog a ten-day killing spree in oregon, california. they were accused of carjacking and killing four people as part of a campaign to, quote, purify and preserve the white race. in 2010, a man in texas set his home on fire and then flew his small plane into the irs building in austin, texas, killing himself and an irs supervisor. in 2009, three people, including one linked to the aryan nations broke into a home in pima county, arizona, looking to commit a robbery. they reportedly intended to use the proceeds of the robbery to finance their anti-immigrant white supremacist minuteman militia. they killed a 29-year-old man and his daughter inside the house. she was a third grader. >>> in 2008, a man stormed into the tennessee valley unitarian universalist church looking to kill liberals. he said he hated liberals and blacks and gay people. he killed two people inside the church with a shotgun. in 2009, abortion provider george tiller was killed in kansas. he was killed by a man with long-s

grigsby and mr.speer, let it be very clear that you serve in this nation's defense and that tso officers across america, our first responders in their serving to protect our national security. mrs. hernandez, as i said, her husband fell in the line of duty serving his nation and we're grateful to all of you for your sacrifice and your willingness to sacrifice, saddened that it occurred and we thank you for your presence or today. today's hearing focuses on an issue that i closely observed during my time in congress and as a member of the homeland security committee. that is the safety and security of our aviation system and airports. for years i served as either the chair or ranking member of the subcommittee of the subcommittee and work to enhance aviation security. i would hope that we soon have an opportunity to look at that again for the many changes we may need to include. understand the importance of training for transportation study officers, that legislation contained a section focus on the e