Believe me. [applause] mr. Trump however, unlike other candidates for the presidency, war and aggression will not be my first instinct. You cannot have a Foreign Policy without diplomacy. A superpower understands that caution and restraint are really truly signs of strength. Although not in government service, i was totally against the war in iraq, very proudly, saying for many years that it would destabilize the middle east. Sadly, i was correct, and the biggest beneficiary has been has has been iran, who is systematically taking over iraq and gaining access to their very rich oil reserves, something it has wanted to do for decades. And now, to top it off, we have isis. My goal is to establish a Foreign Policy that will endure for several generations. Thats why i also look and have to look for talented experts with approaches and practical ideas, rather than surrounding myself with those who have perfect resumes but very little to brag about except responsibility for a long history of
Or resignations. No employee will be willing to report issues when simple fraud, waste or abuse are reason for leaders to retaliate against employees. Senior leaders appeared before congress and said that they would correct the behavior. They should be held to strict timelines and yet continue to give platitude and false narratives. I would bet that you have heard this in the last six months, yet you continue to hear these. I would like the opportunity to thank my congressman and senator for the opportunity to represent tsa. This is democracy at its best. Thank you. Mr. Rhoades, you are now recognized for five minutes. Mr. Rhoades ranking members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you regarding the use of tsas punitive directed reassignment, misconduct, retaliation, and its impact on security. Directed reassignments have been used by tsa Senior Leadership as a means to silence dissent, force early retirement or resignation. Senior leader misconduct and retaliat
Thirdparty contractor. We recruit from all walks of life. I have people with ph. D. S who are front line screeners, who have retired and come back into the workforce. People with music degrees. All walks of life. As you might expect in a workforce of 44,000 screeners you have a broad range of people at all ages. One last question because my time is almost up. If we were to interview 100 folks who had left, not for calls but just left, what would be the dominant reason they cited . Either their expectations werent met or they lost interest. Why do folks leave . Well, ill give you some thoughts i have. Because i havent done those interviews myself. I think it is probably a combination effect. You always have some people who justify it is not their job for them and they move on. Lets address some of the concerns you have with morale. Not feeling like youre doing the mission you thought you would be hired to do. If im a screener and i think it is about effectiveness and screening properly
I think you can never market that enough. But i do believe it really comes down to understanding that were all in the same system together. We have different roles to play. But we can play those roles in a complementary fashion. The airlines have been working very hard to enforce the one plus one rule, meaning the one carryon bag and one handbag or briefcase. Their challenge is, well, its not my business 0 address their Business Models, but i can tell you its just a fact that a lot more stuff is arriving, its packed more full of things, people have electronics in there. Screeners have to be very aten ive. But you knew it had the potential to put more pressure on the screeners. I think that would have been the expectation. Do we have a mechanism Going Forward . Absolutely. En and the airlines have worked closely together. Both sides have to be aware of the impact of the decisions they make. And im as interested in the decisions, in the Business Models of the Airline Industry and how it
Badges in airports. There has been some concerned that security of the bad population. It should be a trusted population. How do you determine whether they are to be trusted . What safeguards do you put in place, inc. Think there is work to be done there. Im encouraged by secretary johnsons reach, earlier this year prior to my confirmation, he asked the Aviation Security thatory Committee Members advised the department and the administrator, they took a hard look and came up with 28 recommendations, with which tsa is fully concurrent, and they are looking for an implementation plan. That said, it was a challenge. Having realtime access to the appropriate databases to screen people. That against the terrorist database. It taking off a lot of time to give me a little answer. Administrator neffenger the 73 members, 69 discrete individuals were not actually on the terrorist watch list. In what had incomplete is called a terrorist information data environment. That information was not suffi