mr. katko: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days within which to revise and extend tear remarks and include any extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. katko: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. katko: i rise in strong support of h.r. 719, the t.s.a. office of inspection accountability act of 2015. i introduced this bipartisan bill to target millions of dollars of potential waste within the t.s.a. office of inspection as identified by the homeland security inspector general. t.s.a. is charged with investigating misconduct of t.s.a. employees and conducting investigations and covert testing of t.s.a. operations to ensure our transportation systems are well protected. however, according to a critical inspect or general report issued in 2013. t.s.a. does not sufficiently track whether each of its criminal investigators in the offic

mr. katko: for the last 20 years, i was a federal prosecutor for the united states of america in the department of justice. i started my career in 1994 and soon thereafter was sent to the southwest border, el paso texas, as part of the southwest border initiative. back then it was just simply to try and stem the incredible tide of drugs coming across the border. when i got there, i was stunned to see how wide open the border was. it's my understanding it remains so to this day. while i was down there i was prosecuting cartel-level cases. we could get on the roof of the attorney's office, look across the border and see a cartel member's house on the bluff overlooking the united states. it was wide open and remains so. it was dangerous for border patrol. dangerous for people living along the border. and in some respects it's become even more dangerous for ranchers and law-abiding citizens along the border. after a few years there, getting great experience and great perspective, i was sent to puer

the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the the gentleman from new york, mr. katko to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 719 on which yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk: h.r. 719, a bill to require the transportation security agency to conform to existing federal law and regular layings regarding federal investigator positions and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representative any usef ocaptioned covera of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly pribited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 414, the nays are zero. the speaker: 2/3 being in the 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the house will be in order