ms. roering has also served the federal aviation administration as a federal air marshal. ms. roering. ms. roering: thank you for inviting me here today to discuss important security concerns related to the tsa. the mission of tsa is to ensure the freedom of movement for people and commerce. it is also the mission to protect the traveling public against terrorist attacks read . the ability of tsa to execute its mission has been called into question by many oversight group s. my testimony today will focus on a number of the security concerns that result in vulnerabilities and morale issues across the workforce. tsa has hired into leadership positions, a number of former airline executives and others who place more emphasis on customer service than security. any wait time deemed by excessive requires reporting analysis, and action. conversely, the local monthly testing of officers to determine ability to detect vulnerabilities and weapons is not associated with the same metric. there is a basic remedial training before the office may return to duty. a tsa officer may never be subjected t

ms. roering.you raised the alarm on inadequate precheck background checks and as you are stationed at the minneapolis/st. paul international airport where as the chairman and i know many of our constituents flying in and out of on their ways the other destinations we appreciate your leadership. i wanted to follow up online of questioning of a couple of the previous questioning that some of the previous senators have went down. with mr. roth, just so i understand it very specifically, with regard to tsa access to the terrorism-related information in these databases and in particular the lack of access to certain codes, i thought i heard you say earlier that there was a statutory impediment and then you indicated that it is in the process of being worked out bureaucratically between agencies and i want some clarity for our committee as to whether we need to see legislation on this pushed through in an expedited fashion or whether this is on the verge of being resolved between agencies. >> thank you

ms. roering:. during her 25 years of government service, she has served the federal aviation administration this as a federal air marshal and a security inspection specialist. >> thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the important security concerns related to the tsa and security at our nation's airport. the mission of tsa is to ensure the freedom for people and commerce which is a difficult challenge. it is also the mission of tsa to protect the traveling public against terrorist attacks. the ability of tsa to execute its mission has been called into question by many oversight groups. my testimony today will focus on a number of this very concerned and agency policies that resulted in vulnerability and morale issues across the work horse. over recent years, tsa and number of former airline employees to place more emphasis on customer service and passenger wait times than on security and protection rights. anyway time that is deemed by the agency that is excessive requires immediate repor

ms. roering is the assistant federal security director for inspections at the minneapolis-st.stration as a federal air marshal and civil aviations security inspector. roering. >> chairman johnson, ranking member carper, and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss important security concerns related to the tsa and security at our nation's airport. the mission of tsa is to ensure the freedom of movement for people in commerce, which is undeniably a difficult challenge. it is also the mission of tsa to protect the traveling public against terrorist attacks. the ability of tsa to execute its mission has been called into question by many oversight groups. my testimony today will focus on a number of the security concerns and agency policies that result in vulnerabilities in morale issues across our work force. over the recent years, tsa has hired into leadership positions a number of former airline executives and others who place more emphasis on customer service and passenger wait times than on security and detection rates. any wait time that's de