mrs. watson coleman: you know -- last comment? mr. katko: that's fine. mrs. watson coleman: while we're focusing now on international travel coming to, there's also a question about whether or not we as americans, businesses, whatever, are reluctant to go to do international travel because for fear we're not liked anymore as a result of this kind of rhetoric. and so that affects the industry in terms of hotels and things of that nature, and i think that something this whole area is something we need to explore a little bit close -- more closely in the upcoming future. mr. mccormick: well, again, we'd welcome the dialogue. because companies have bigger obligation in terms of duty of care and risk management. we're sending travelers now all over the world to destinations to do business, to grow business. companies, every company is global these days. every company has businesses looking for new business anywhere in the world. we do have an obligation. we have an obligation as a country, right, to address the issues and give companies that are driving our economy

i'm delighted to call on our distinguished colleague from new jersey, bonnie watson coleman. mrs. watson coleman: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i want to speak on an issue that's very important to all of us, i want to speak on behalf of the 43 million people who are snap recipient, many of whom are working each and every day. i want to talk about the fact that those are individuals who we consider working poor. and one of the -- you mentioned that snap was rereflection of something. snap is a reflection of the fact that we have so many jobs that don't pay adequate wages. snap is a reflection of the raw deal that our citizens are getting under an administration that would choose to give trillions of dollars worth of money to those people who are already rich, asking nothing in return for that horrible tax scam, at the same time asking those at the lowest income spectrum in the entire united states of america to work for -- so they can be supplemented with meals that are $140 -- that are $1.40 a meal. that's hypocrisy. that's disgusting. we should not even be having a discussio

representatives, and that's none other than the honorable bonnie watson coleman of the 12th district of new jersey. i yield to the gentlelady. mrs. watson coleman: thank you for leading us on such an important topic. it's safe to say we are past that point. every time we face down another mass shooting, we have another moment of silence. the united states has more gun deaths than any other developed nation and it has far higher levels of gun ownership than any other country in the world. the u.s. has nearly six times the gun homicide rate of canada, more than seven times of sweden and 16 times of germany according to united nations' data. mass shootings constitute less than 2% of deaths u.s. makes up less than 5% of the world's population, however we hold 31% of the global mass shooters. we can go on and on and on with statistics. we know what researchers have found. researchers found that when there are commonsense gun safety legislation, the numbers of deaths associated with guns decreases. we know that there was a 2016 review of 130 studies in 10 countries published by which found that new legal restrictions on owning tended

watson coleman for her opening statement. >> good morning, and thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for holding this hearing and i want to thank the witnesses for both panels for agreeing to be here today. it's good to have tsa here because your work is so important and we always have so many questions and things are always sort of very dynamic and moving along. tsa has, however, had a long struggle with how to move efficiently and effectively to manage its resources. in 2011, tsa introduced the precheck program for low-risk passengers who provide finger prints and undergo background checks to receive expedited security screening. used in combination with intelligence and watch lists matching programs, pre-check allows tsa to focus limited screening resources more effectively. the pre-check program, has, however, had some setbacks. unfortunately, by 2013, tsa's efforts to drive a more passenger traffic into pre-check lanes caused it to adopt a practice known as the managed inclusion. which relied heavily upon behavior detection officers and ipod randomizing apps to expedit

mr. connelly votes nay. miss kelly? miss kelly votes nay. miss lawrence? miss liveness votes nay. miss watson coleman? mr. krishnamoorthy votes nay. mr. after kin. mr. ravkin votes nay. mr. gomez. mr. gomez votes no. mr. welch? mr. welch notes very. mr. cartwright? mr. cartwright votes no. mr. dasnay votes no. miss last kin. mr. sarbanes. mr. sarbanes votes no. >> clerk will report. >> on this vote 22 ayes and 15 nos. >> motion to table passes. we will now, i want to thank all the members on both sides for coming. we will rue assume with our questioning of the witness until votes are called and we're over here. so, give me one second. gentleman from illinois is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good morning mr. gore. many individual citizens as well as non-citizens including legal permanent residents are fearful about giving their personal data to the government particularly in the current political climate. these fears were escalated recently by the doj's request to include the citizenship question on the 2020 census. that is why i think it is so critical today for us to remind individuals that tit

with that i recognize miss watson-coleman for five minutes of questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm certain you heard a little bit of my opening statement as it relates to what's happening with international travel and i would like to pursue that. particularly with mr. mccormick and miss howardton. the data shows the sharpest declines in inbound international visits came directly following president's first two travel dance. there's a sharp decline in tourists come being from mexico which many have speculated is a direct consequence of the president's plan to build a wall along the southern border. i have a series of questions in support of this premise and my first question s-what message do you believe that the president's policies and rhetoric are sending to the international visitors? if any? >> i think -- last year when the second executive order was put out in march, we polled our european membership and 38% of professional business travel said their companies would be less willing to send business travel toers the u.s. alers to . >> can you translate that into m

mr. chairman. >> gentleman yields back. gentle lady from new jersey, ms. watson coleman is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. madam secretary, is this budget your budget? did you have any input in this budget? >> we did, yes, ma'am. so, the men and women of dhs put together their request and it goes all the way up, if you will. >> okay. so, this happened under your watch, too? all right. >> the '19 budget. well, in part, i joined in december, so we were already well into budget. >> our greatest value statement is where we're putting our resources, and i'm not 100% sure that there is a consistency between where your people or your budget applies its resources and its ability to keep this homeland safe. with regard to land transportation issues, there is a reduction in the security grants. there is a reduction in the vipr teams. there is a reduction or elimination of the law enforcement officers grants. there is a reduction in the exit lane staffing. there is tso staffing still is somewhere around 2,500 people short. i don't know how that helps us to be more secure in those areas where we're supposed to be. i

mr. mccormack is recognized for five minutes for an opening statement. >> thank you, chairman katko, ranking member watson coleman and members of the subcommittee we appreciate the opportunity to testify today. i am the executive director and chief operating officer of the global business travel association a role that i've been in since 2009. the world's premier business travel trade association headquartered here in alexandria with operations on six continents. over 9500 members and manage over $345 billion of the global business travel and meeting expenditures annually. i want to thank the chairman for the time he recently spent in the chapter still bragging to all the other chapters around your visit. the convention is the must attend event for business travel. we will have 7,000 attendees in san diego this year, with people from all over the u.s. as well as 50 countries. last year's event had an economic impact of $22.5 million just in the city of boston alone in those few days. the event and the economic impact is just a small sample of the total impact of business travel and practice and we are supporting

mr. mccormack is recognized for five minutes for an opening statement. >> thank you, chairman katko, ranking member watson coleman and members of the subcommittee we appreciate the opportunity to testify today. i am the executive director and chief operating officer of the global business travel association a role that i've been in since 2009. the world's premier business travel trade association headquartered here in alexandria with operations on six continents. over 9500 members and manage over $345 billion of the global business travel and meeting expenditures annually. i want to thank the chairman for the time he recently spent in the chapter still bragging to all the other chapters around your visit. the convention is the must attend event for business travel. we will have 7,000 attendees in san diego this year, with people from all over the u.s. as well as 50 countries. last year's event had an economic impact of $22.5 million just in the city of boston alone in those few days. the event and the economic impact is just a small sample of the total impact of business travel and practice and we are supporting