mr. pistole, thank you for the jobs you and your officers do. ms. lindsay, i did not get to ask your question, but i wanted to close by commending you as well for the model you have created of kawai operation in in your command center. it is important the public be aware of what you have done even before this incident, but more so after it, pulling together the relevant agencies to work to gather to better prevent threats like this from happening. very similar to the joint terrorism task force model where you bring all the relevant layers into the same room with equipment, video equipment, so that god forbid something like this happens again we will be able to respond very quickly and protect the traveling public. with that i will close by saying thank you for your leadership in holding this hearing. to maxine waters, thank you for hosting us and you're fine district, and you are a lucky woman. the weather is very nice here. thanks for your leadership. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i thank the witnesses for your testimony and members for your question

mr. pistole, who is in service to the nation, ms. lindsay, your guidance of this airport, along with your whoeague, chief gannon, eloquently presented the case today of november 2013. mr. cox, thank you so much for standing very strong and tall for first responders in the name officers. today we will learn what we can do to prevent or mitigate a similar incident in the future. at the outset, i want to knowledge the ranking member of sir richmondtee, of louisiana, could not attend the hearing today, although he wanted to very much. he has asked that i express his regret, which i will do all that and ask that i sit in his place during the hearing today. at this time, i ask unanimous consent that ranking member richmond's didn't be inserted into the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> again i think that witnesses for a. before the subcommittee today. a special thanks to the executive director lindsay and chief gannon, the administrator pistol, national friend tocox, a working men and women, for traveling to appear before the sub

mr. pistol officersf the t.s.a. who work very, very hard every who put their protection our put our protection over theirs every single day tone sure our safety. i have to state that with serving i believe over 200,000 atple every single day here l.a.x., it is like a major that takes place every single day. to thank all of the witnesses who are here today and answer ourngness to questions, and hopefully the deaths ofry tragic transportation security officer and the wounding of other t.s.a. employees and a at l.a.x. on november 1 will never ever happen again. is incumbent on all of us to work together to identify improvements to safety and security for t.s.a. travelingand our public. however, the shooting also raised another serious issue and one that i believe we must address. you know, current law does not provide t.s.a. officers with benefit like those offered to firefighters, police agents, or.b.i. state troopers, and i'm just of the laww enforcement personnel who all death benefits. that is why i have introduced

mr. pistole, who is in service to the nation, ms. lindsay, your guidance of this airport, along with your colleague, chief gannon, who eloquently presented the case today of november 2013. mr. cox, thank you so much for standing very strong and tall for first responders in the name of tso officers. today we will learn what we can do to prevent or mitigate a similar incident in the future. at the outset, i want to acknowledge the ranking member of the subcommittee, sir richmond of louisiana, could not attend the hearing today, although he wanted to very much. he has asked that i express his regret, which i will do all that and ask that i sit in his place during the hearing today. at this time, i ask unanimous consent that ranking member richmond's didn't be inserted into the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> again i think that witnesses before the subcommittee today. a special thanks to the executive director lindsay and chief gannon, the administrator pistol, national president cox, a friend to working men and women, for tr

mr. pistole having served in the fbi and now with tsa, what is your opinion on whether tso or tsa officers should be afforded the same benefits as the federal partners that help to secure this country every single day? >> well, first, congresswoman, let me thank you for initiating the bill to recognize tsa employees as public safety officers to receive that benefit. obviously, it would be a tremendous benefit to tsa overall, particularly to the her nab december family in this instance and, you're right, hopefully it would never be needed again. i greatly appreciate your support of that and would hope that would come to fruition retroactively, obviously, and then be proactive in terms of any future losses. tremendous appreciation and support on behalf of all of the men and women of tsa, thank you. >> well, thank you very much. and, you know, i certainly would appreciate it if you and the organization could -- and i know you have taken a look at the bill -- but if you could take a deeper look at the bill and provide any feedback as we move forward with it, i would appreciate it very, very mu

mr. pistole, and all the tsa officers who work very hard every single day and who put their protection or our protection over theirs every single day to ensure our safety. i have to state that when serving over 200,000 people every single day here at lax, it is likely major public event that takes place every single day. so i want to thank all of the witnesses who are here today and their willingness to answer our questions, and hopefully the tragic death of tsa officer hernandez and a passenger on november 1 will never happen again. [please stand >> the country that succeeded in being the guarantor of the global system taff second world war, underwriting the i.m.f., the world bank, the united nations and systems of global integration. its distressing igns of fatigue with the world most demonstrated by a reluctance to support international organizes -- organizations, a distressing difficulty in mobilizing political consensus for trade agreements to promote fair to do a what's in the interest of erican workers and support a concern ilure to a desire to ramp back military spending in a worl

mr. vineyard took a pistol and shot mr. arndt dead.1, 1842, one wisconsin legislator shot dead another legislator who had offended him in a debate. he did it in front of everyone. and that is how james r. vineyard earned the distinction of becoming the first lawmaker in the territorial of wisconsin to become expelled from office. it turns out it's also a way to offend visiting famous authors who then write ah up a publication to show what savages these americans are. but back in 1842, at least wisconsin did have the good taste to throw the guy out of office after he did the shooting. they just didn't pretend it didn't happen. if you go to the wisconsin historical society today, you can see the actual vest that was worn by charles arndt when he got shot in that argument. they have that handy little arrow there points out the bullet hole. wisconsin is owning up to this thing. they've got the vest on display and they threw out the guy who did the shooting. bad behavior in legislatures, of course, did not stop back in 1842. even really ser

mr. neat oh and asked to show his hands and he produced a taser from a hole --ster, and the officers took it to be a pistol and they fired in defense of their lives. mr. neat oh was hit and he did not survive. there was a town hall last night in the mission. feelings are very very real, very very raw. that will be, i don't think that's going away anytime soon. again, i apologized for the police department for the loss of alejandro to mr. neat oh, he is as any father would be. i can't say anything more about that. friday night there was a shooting here in the tenderloin. it appears to be over an amount of money owed over drugs. the suspect vehicle pulled up. the suspect got out, argued with the person that he believed owed him a debit and he was not satisfied, he went to his car and produced a gun and he grazed then intended victim. that victim left the scene and went to bayview after getting treated for his injuries. san francisco police officers arrested him with a tech 9 machine pistol.ness he is in custody, the next day investigation led us to arrest of the suspect. a lot of credit has to go to the emme

pistol. oh, so, you're making fun of me, are you? well, it's for the last time. you've had it. now... [mic] what vile weather. it's freezing hard enough to split a rock. mr. ubu, sire, are you recovered from your terror and your running away? yes, i'm not frightened anymore, but my guts are still running-- crappy creature. what about you, mr. tales, how's your neroe? as well as can be expected, sir, considering the fact that it's not well at all. splend. you're like me, boy, always spoiling for a fight. oh, my, look at that little bow-wow. isn't it cute? [laughs] here, look out. cor, what an enormous bear. what bear? bear! what aonstrous cature. get it from me. it's coming straight for me. no, it's got tails. that was a trojan beast. mr. ubu, sir, help. help. not me, my friends. fend for yourself. at the moment,e are reciting our pater noer. everyone will have his turn to get eaten. i've got it. i've got a half nelson on it. oh, well, keep it up. i think it's letting go of me. ooh, cowardly sot. ah! he's biting me bum. oh, lord help us. i was gonna die. ah! ooh! i managed to wound the brute. hurray, he's bleeding. now, hold it still while i get elosivenuc

pistol. with a firearm. so mr. speaker, i hope that this gets legs and we will get this passed through the house with widespread, bipartisan support, especially in this election year, people seem to be more acutely attentive to what their constituents think, so that's why i know it would be a bipartisanly passed bill, if we'll bring it up this year, and then send it to the senate, our friend senator reid may not want to bring it up, but then if he won't bring it up, then the only other alternative would be for voters to turn out members of mr. reid's party so he wouldn't be the majority leader so we could get someone who would bring that bill to the floor so we don't have another attack at fort hood or another navy yard or somewhere else and have to go gee, what could we have done? and some of the rest of us repeat for the ump teent time, you should -- for the umpteenth time, you should let people who are qualified to carry firearms, carry firearms. we have seen over and over, killers go to where they know firearms

mr. pistole who service to this nation, ms. indsey, your guidance of this great airport and along with your colleague, chief gannon who represented the case today of november 2013. mr. cox, thank you so very much for standing very strong and all for first responders in name of tso officers. today we will learn what we can do to prevent or mitigate a similar incident in the future. at the outset i would like to acknowledge that the ranking member of the subcommittee, our friend and colleague, mr. richmond of louisiana, could not attend the hearing today although he wanted to very much. he has requested that i express his regret, which i will do, and ask that i sit in this place turning the hearing today. at this time i ask unanimous consent that ranking member richmond prepared statement be answered in the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> again i thank all the witnesses for green before the subcommittee today, a special thanks as a present executive director lindsey and chief gannon for hosting us, and akin to adminis