like to thank the committee chairman, the ranking member, richard hudson and congresswoman sheila jackson-lee who is sitting in for organizing this here. i want to begin by joining with my colleagues to honor the life and service of gerardo fernandez a tsa officer who was killed in the line of duty on november 1. i offer my deepest condolences to his family and friends and want to honor all the tso's and other first responders who risked their lives to stabilize the situation. this hearing follows the release of two reports of the incident, one by the los angeles world airports and the other by the tsa administration. i am concerned about some of what was revealed in those reports. i am not -- because those things that were revealed, whether it is the red telephone or the panic buttons or even the interoperability are things that can be fixed. i think that ms. lindsay and chief tenant have already talked about a quick response to those kinds of things. they had the resource to do it, and they will certainly knew it. i would like to spend a moment if i may to talk about the need for a consiste

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john wagner from customs and border protection told texas jacresswoman sheila jackson-lee his agency started screening creeports of departing flyers after flight 370 disappeared. >> will you continue? >> absolutely. assuring people are properly credentialed and we know who they are is a key piece of that. >> reporter: andrew farrelly is a former director of tracking programs at customs and border protection. will adding this database make passengers safer? >> i think that, coupled with this information and the new abilities to act on that information, definitely makes air travel a lot safer. de reporter: farrelly says c.b.p. debated making the change for years but did not have nge gh staff or resources to track down all the passports that might be flagged. tr there were other priorities that required attention, particularly on outbound. n,is event, you know, this tragic event of the malaysia flight really does offer some highlights to things that you can do better. >> reporter: customs and border protection tells cbs news the new passport screening happens behind the scenes and shoul

up our traffic here in houston and go around glad handing, collecting money for the likes of sheila jackson lee congressman al green. i am embarrassed for houston right now. lou: i wantto try its the to elijah cummings, their ranking member today. the mccarthyism even as the committee has evidence that his office had gone directly to ms. lerner for briefings on issues relevant to the committee. your thoughts? >> you know, he is squealing like a little critter that has been stock. it sounds like elis a cummings' knew that sooner or later it was going to come out that he was trying his back and moved and that he lied about it when asked about it and has been trying to cast blame and trying to shift the blame. you know, so it comes out. oops. eliza, little embarrassed at the moment. probably not. once again, it is par for the course. lou: par for the course, it turns out texas getting a lot of air time tonight. dallas, irs office apparently looking like a campaign office, not the address is as the office of because of all of the obama screen savers, the bumper stickers, whatever it may be. this an

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castro: now i'd like to yield some time to my colleague from houston, sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: i thank the convenor of this special order and the colleagues i have heard since i've come to the floor, congresswoman sanchez, congressman castro, thank you very much. coming from similar territory, the state of texas. just hope you'll allow me just for a moment to juxtapose the present, pending bill on the floor, i heard you speak of the bill as well, h.r. 2575, which, with all due respect to the proponent of the bill, it's confusing. and it's confusing in the backdrop of the number that you have standing alongside of you, seven million americans and growing. because there were many americans who were in the queui, in the line, when march 31 came -- -- in the queue, in the line, when march 31 came and now they have the opportunity to finish the work and i was with a lot of people enrolling over the weekend, navigators, they were excited about being able to finish the task but allow me, in texas alen, that was the epicenter of un-- i keep saying unemployed. certainly unem

would like to thank the committee chairman, the ranking ander, richard hudson congresswoman sheila jackson-lee who is sitting in for organizing .his here by joining with my colleagues to honor the life and service of gerardo fernandez a tsa officer who was killed in the line of duty on november 1. i offer my deepest condolences to his family and friends and 's ando honor all the tso other first responders who risked their lives to stabilize the situation. this hearing follows the release of two reports of the incident, one by the los angeles world airports and the other by the tsa administration. i am concerned about some of what was revealed in those reports. i am not -- because those things that were revealed, whether it is the red telephone or the panic buttons or even the interoperability are things that can be fixed. i think that ms. lindsay and chief tenant have already talked about a quick response to those kinds of things. they had the resource to do it, and they will certainly knew it. i would like to spend a moment about the need for a consistent law enforcement presence at tsa passe

like to thank the committee chairman, the ranking member, richard hudson and congresswoman sheila jackson-lee who is sitting in for organizing -- ranking member and for organizing this here. i want to begin by joining with my colleagues to honor the life and service of gerardo i'd like to spend a moment if i need for a about the consistent law enforcement at t.s.a. passenger screening checkpoints such as the one where officer hernz was killed. i know that there are diffce

let me now yield to the distinguished gentlelady from texas, congresswoman sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: let me thank the gentleman from new york for convening this dialogue with our colleagues and through our colleagues, the american people , and mr. horsford as well as the congressional black caucus, and the passionate words of our colleague, the gentleman from new york, mr. rangel and others, who have come on this floor to challenge our colleagues. i think the backdrop of this whole discussion is the ryan budget of which we debated before we left for the work recess. and i think it is important that we not allow that budget to just pass with a vote and let it not represent the moral document that now the republicans have tied themselves to. interestingly enough, while we were away, it seems that america caught on fire. for some reason the season generated a number of unfortunate and sad incidences that really reinforced this wealth gap that is so very important. and i have 10 points that i'd like to succinctly mention in the backdrop of the ryan budget which cuts drastica

i'd like to thank michael mccaul, richard hudson and congresswoman sheila jackson lee who's sitting in for ranking member cedric richmond for organizing this hearing entitled "lessons from the lax shooting: preparing for and responding to emergencies at airports." i want to begin by joining with my colleagues to honor the life of he around doe hernandez who was killed in the line of duty during the active shooter incident on november 1st, and i offer my deepest condolences to his family and friends, also honor all of the tsos and other first responders who risked their lives to stabilize the situation and protect the public on that tragic day. this hearing follows the release of two reports on the november 1st incident, one by the los angeles world airports and the other by the transportation security administration. and i am concerned about some of what was revealed many those reports -- in those reports. but i'm not worried because those things that were revealed whether it's the red telephone or the panic buttons or even the inoperability are things that can be fixed. and i think th

ranking member sheila jackson lee from texas. live coverage now on c-span2.inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the committee on homeland security, subcommittee on border and maritime security will come to order. the subcommittee is meeting today to examine the issue of passport security. we're certainly pleased to be joined by mr. alan bersin who has been with this committee in the past and resort appreciate his attendance her here today. his thesis is negative or international affairs at the department of homeland security. mr. john wagner, excuse me, it's also been before the subcommittee for. we pressure his attendance today. is the deputy assistant director of the u.s. customs and border protection and brenda sprague to as the deputy assistant secretary for passport services at the department of state, and mr. shawn bray was the director of interpol washington. united states national central bureau. i will more formally introduce them in just a moment. but let me recognize myself for an