with deputy secretary mallorcas as my partner, we will push an aggressive agenda to the end.i begin these remarks with a shout out to the men and women of dhs led by the terrific component heads seated before me. it's the nature of our business in homeland security that no news is good news, but no news is very often the product of the hard work and extraordinary, courageous effort our people put in every day to keep the american public safe. last fiscal year, for example, tsa screened 695 million passengers, 3 million more than the year before. screened 450 million pieces of checked luggage, the highest in six years and at the same time seized a record number 2500 firearms from carry-on luggage, 84% of which were loaded. last fiscal year, cbp screened 26.3 million containers, 11.3 million commercial trucks. 1 million commercial and private aircraft. 436,000 busses, ferries and trains and 103 million private vehicles and 382 million travelers at land, marine and airports of entry to the united states. at the same time, cbp collected nearly $46 billion in duties, taxes and fee