John Mica

Slovakia's joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair…

— John Mica

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

— John Mica

In the United States in 2009, more than 10.2 billion trips were taken on transit trains and buses. So far, the nation…

— John Mica

When the TSA was established, it was never envisioned that it would become a huge, unwieldy bureaucracy which was soon to grow…

— John Mica

Quite frankly, I'm a member of the investigative committee, one of the senior members of the panel. I don't take our investigative…

— John Mica

Slovakias joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair…

— John Mica

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

— John Mica

What we're going to do is try to get TSA out of the human resources and personnel business and into the security…

— John Mica

We're not trying to harass the average American. We need to convert this now to a risk-based system, with TSA concentrating and…

— John Mica

Other countries, such as Israel, successfully employ behavior detection techniques at their airports, but the bloated, ineffective bureaucracy of TSA has produced…

— John Mica

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…

— John Mica

We have investigative staff who are charged by law and this committee under the Constitution of the United States has a responsibility,…

— John Mica

TSA serves as the operator, administrator and regulator for the nation's transportation security. But in fact, the TSA bureaucracy does all it…

— John Mica

Everything TSA does is reactionary - first they ban the box cutters, then of course you have to take your shoes off,…

— John Mica

Well, again, a gun sale database is just trying to get the Department of Justice to keep track of the guns that…

— John Mica

When the TSA was established, it was never envisioned that it would become a huge, unwieldy bureaucracy which was soon to grow…

— John Mica

Under the Obama administration, TSA has been operating without an administrator for a year and a half. After the president's first two…

— John Mica

The United States is the only country left now, bar Romania, Bulgaria and Poland, that has this all-government system.

— John Mica

The government cannot put a chocolate on every one of their pillows and tuck them in at night.

— John Mica

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…

— John Mica

Sometimes I - I try not to read too many fiction or novels.

— John Mica