mr. william rajpal is a director of the justice, team where he is responsible for leading ngos work on aviation and service but. he is over 17 years of experience and was previously assistant director in the contracting and national security acquisitions. without objections, the witnesses full statement will be inserted into the record, and now i ask each witnesses to summarize their statements for five minutes, beginning with this patricia cogswell. welcome. >> good morning to members of this committee. on behalf of tsa's employees i'd like to express our appreciation for the continued support of congress, and the productive relationship we have with the subcommittee and the government accountability office, as well as the authorities provided by the tsa modernization act to 2016. implementing the tsa modernization act is a priority for tsa, and i'm grateful for the invitation to testify about our. efforts since its creation following the september 11th attacks, it is his commitment to ensuring public security has enabled people to travel securely. transportation systems remain highly valued t