John Mica Quotes (20 Quotes)


    What we did when we did it was necessary, ... We didn't want the industry to totally collapse.

    Under the Obama administration, TSA has been operating without an administrator for a year and a half. After the president's first two choices failed to meet expectations, a new administrator, John Pistole, was finally approved on Friday. Unfortunately, it will be the fifth administrator in eight years.

    It's not an Israeli model, it's a TSA, screwed-up model. It should actually be the person who's looking at the ticket and talking to the individual. Instead, they've hired people to stand around and observe, which is a bastardization of what should be done.

    Right now T.S.A. is the regulator, the auditor and the operator of airport security, ... That never works. It's a total conflict of interest.

    They've just gone over the line in my opinion, and again, there's a proper time for a pat down, there's a proper time for an advanced technology body search, but it has to be done with some thought.


    Slovakia's joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business.

    Mica said the airlines are taking significant steps toward improving service. They have agreed to establish a local or toll free number that a passenger can call to get information about their lost luggage, ... They have also agreed to establishing a system to contact passengers before they leave the airport if the flight is delayed or cancelled.

    TSA serves as the operator, administrator and regulator for the nation's transportation security. But in fact, the TSA bureaucracy does all it can to thwart any conversion to a system with more private-sector operations and strong federal oversight and standards. This agency cannot, and should not, do it all.

    Other countries, such as Israel, successfully employ behavior detection techniques at their airports, but the bloated, ineffective bureaucracy of TSA has produced another security failure for U.S. transportation systems.

    Even with high fuel prices a good number of them have made money, ... I've advocated a tough love approach.

    While Slovakia did not make the first round of NATO membership, as various requirements and reforms are instituted, these actions will enhance the opportunities to join NATO.

    Everything TSA does is reactionary - first they ban the box cutters, then of course you have to take your shoes off, then you have to take the liquids out, now we have to be patted down in our private areas because of the diaper bomber.

    When the TSA was established, it was never envisioned that it would become a huge, unwieldy bureaucracy which was soon to grow to 67,000 employees. As TSA has grown larger, more impersonal, and administratively top-heavy, I believe it is important that airports across the country consider utilizing the opt-out provision provided by law.

    In the United States in 2009, more than 10.2 billion trips were taken on transit trains and buses. So far, the nation has not experienced a major transit attack since Sept. 11, but the March 2010 Moscow subway bombings and earlier train attacks in London and Mumbai show that we must be prepared.

    This is a great example of how the government can work with industry to make the traveler's experience a better one,

    This US Delegation by this visit and these discussions demonstrates to Slovakia and its people American support toward these goals.

    This is long overdue, ... It is a sin to abuse the taxpayers the way we are doing now.

    Yes, I do agree we need health care reform; however, this bill badly misses the mark. Congress can and must do better for the American people.

    Juvenile drug abuse is a serious problem in both Volusia and Flagler counties, ... These important federal resources will help provide our youth with alternatives to illegal drug use.

    David Gunn bucked that idea, so that was the straw that broke the camel's back, ... He's a very capable operational manager, but he wasn't willing to go along with the dramatic changes that need to be made.


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