We will be testing the agency's ability to deploy a variety of resources to quickly and effectively raise the bar of security in any mode of transportation anywhere in the country.

We estimate it takes three to five minutes for that secondary screening. We're hopeful that will help reduce the lines overall.

The bill does not delay implementation. TSA will continue working closely with GAO and Congress to meet the criteria outlined for the Secure Flight program.

The issue is being seen as a testing case for the government's ability ... That is the way the government sees this and the bill needs to be passed by whatever means.

It has no ability to develop new knowledge through hypothesis testing, modification of the original theory based on experimental results and renewed testing through more refined experiments that yield still more refinements and insights,

Only those who have to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily