Today, Congressman Mike Rogers (AL-03), Chairman of the Transportation Security Subcommittee of the Committee on Homeland Security, made the following statement in response to TSA’s decision to implement the Risk Based Security Pilot Program.

"I am encouraged that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is moving forward with a risk-based screening program. This has been a long time coming. I firmly believe that TSA needs to become an intelligence-driven, counterterrorism agency that utilizes risk-based screening methods to create a variable, multi-layered security system. TSA's current one-size-fits-all concept does not necessarily interface well with our diverse transportation systems, the flow of commerce and passenger travel. A risk-based approach will help focus valuable resources on higher-risk areas, rather than assuming everyone is a potential terrorist.  My Subcommittee plans to continue its vigorous oversight of TSA by examining its implementation of this pilot program."

Rogers has served in a leadership position with the Committee on Homeland Security since 2005.

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