Press Releases
February 27, 2013
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Lowey Statement at Hearing on Transportation Security Administration
The sequester will force TSA to cut its frontline workforce, furlough its nearly 50,000 officers for seven work days, and initiate a hiring freeze. As a result, passenger wait times at airport security checkpoints will be longer, adding to passenger, flight, and cargo delays.
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February 27, 2013
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Price Statement at Hearing on Transportation Security Administration
We must make aviation security policies more efficient and risk-based without compromising security.
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February 27, 2013
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Wasserman Schultz Statement at Hearing on Library of Congress
The impact of budget cuts rear their head many years after they actually happen - when researchers find incomplete information and Members of Congress receive inadequate services.
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February 27, 2013
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Wasserman Schultz Statement at Hearing on Congressional Budget Office
CBO along with other agencies face a roughly 5 percent decrease on March 1.
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February 27, 2013
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Kaptur Statement for Hearing on Army Corps of Engineers
We cannot continue to under-invest in the short term and pay several times over in the long term recovering from damages that could be mitigated with proper front-end investment.
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February 26, 2013
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Kaptur Statement on NNSA Nuclear Nonproliferation and Naval Reactors
The threat of nuclear terrorism is one of the gravest national security threats we face today, and we must secure stocks of fissile material.
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February 26, 2013
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Wasserman Schultz Statement for GPO Oversight Hearing
GPO has a critical role to play in disseminating, authenticating, and preserving government information.
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February 26, 2013
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Wasserman Schultz Statement for GAO Oversight Hearing
With a budget cut by 8.2% since fiscal year 2010 piggy-backed by sequester, GAO is hard pressed to do any more with less.
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February 14, 2013
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Lowey Statement on Embassy Security
Our challenge is how to strike the right balance between mission objectives and evolving security environments: How do we provide the brave men and women who serve overseas with the protection they need, while still allowing them the freedom to do their jobs?
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February 14, 2013
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Kaptur Statement for Hearing on NNSA Weapons Program
The National Security missions of the NNSA are vital to the interests of our country and not only to the nuclear weapons program but also to the nuclear navy and nuclear nonproliferation.
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