. >> first of all, thank you so much, chairman is saissa, and tr committee, government reform and oversight. i'm honored to co-chair this hearing with you. sorry a little bit of a delay getting back here today, but pleased to be with you. and i thank you for your leadership on this. this is a very important agency that we have a joint responsibility over. our committee has some limited oversight responsibility under transportation as you may recall historically. tsa was created, i happened to chair the subcommittee on aviation in 2001 after the horrific terrorist attacks. since that time, tsa has grown from 16,500 screeners and a small cadre of different transportation security activities which we joined together. it was a much smaller beginning, and unfortunately has mushroomed to 65,000 employees of which there are 14,000 administrative personnel, 4,000 in washington and 10,000 out in the field. we never intended it to mushroom to this size. i've been critical particularly of the administrative cost, even with the administrative cost, we might be able to endure that kind of expenditure wh