Michael Guest

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Mr. GUEST. Madam Speaker, it is my privilege to recognize the life of Coach Sammy Dantone Jr. He committed his life to the service of his fellow man through a long and distinguished career, and I rise today to recognize him as a dedicated American leader whose example will continue to inspire many who wish to make the world around them a better place for their neighbors, friends, and family. Coach Dantone had a distinguished career, coaching at Greenwood High School, Pillow Academy, Brandon Academy, Jackson Academy, Madison County Schools, and Brandon High School. As a football coach across the state of Mississippi, he helped many young people grow into leaders and meet their potential in life through his example. He inspired countless young men and women to give it their all, and he did it with consideration and compassion. Coach Dantone was a remarkable person who will be cherished by those who had the pleasure of playing for him or working alongside the legendary Mississippi coach. It is my honor to recognize Coach Sammy Dantone Jr. on the floor of the House of Representatives for the many contributions he made to create a brighter future for our state and our nation, and I ask my colleagues in the House to join me in recognizing Coach Dantone for his service and commitment to Mississippi and to the United States of America.

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Mr. GUEST. Madam Speaker, it is my privilege to congratulate Mr. Bartley P. Durst for earning the Laboratory Director of the Year Award from the Federal Labs Consortium. Throughout a long and distinguished career, Mr. Durst has dedicated himself to the service of his fellow citizen. I rise today to recognize him as a community, state, and national leader whose example will continue to motivate and encourage individuals who share the same passion of making a better and safer place for their neighbors, statesmen, and countrymen. In his five years as director of the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL), Mr. Durst has led the way for the development of technologies that emphasize structural resilience. GSL continues to take on some of the greatest civil and military engineering challenges around the world, in which Mr. Durst has successfully integrated his decades of experience and personal knowledge. The Modular Protective System, which employs technological advancements to safeguard American servicemembers overseas and citizens at home, is the clearest illustration of Mr. Durst's character and dedication. The MPS technology has led to a number of significant advancements that protect American troops and private citizens from weapons, projectiles, and explosions. These advancements have also been made possible by strong federal and private partnerships with the U.S. Department of State, often championed by Mr. Durst himself. It is my honor to recognize Mr. Bartley P. Durst for the many contributions he has made to create a brighter future for our state and nation, and I ask my colleagues in the House to join me in thanking Mr. Durst for his service and commitment to Mississippi and to the United States of America.

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Mr. GUEST. Madam Speaker, it is my privilege to recognize the Northwest Rankin High School baseball team players and coaches for their outstanding championship season. The Northwest Rankin Cougars displayed admirable attributes including integrity, sportsmanship, and perseverance throughout a lengthy and successful season. I would like to honor this group of committed young men, coaches, and their families who worked diligently to bring the Mississippi 6A state championship to Rankin County, Mississippi. At Trustmark Park in Pearl, the third and final game of the 6A state championship series featured the Northwest Rankin Cougars defeating Desoto Central by a score of 3-2. This is Northwest Rankin's second state baseball championship in program history. The Cougars won 34 games with only three losses this season. The resilience and leadership displayed by the players are characteristics of Northwest Rankin's head coach, KK Aldridge, who was named the Priority One Bank/Mississippi Scoreboard Metro Jackson Coach of the Year last season. It is my honor to recognize the Northwest Rankin High School baseball team for inspiring countless young men and citizens across our community, and I ask my colleagues in the House to join me in congratulating the Northwest Rankin Cougars for their dedication and commitment to excellence in our nation's past time, the great sport of baseball.

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Mr. GUEST. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life and accomplishments of Mr. Howard Miskelly of Mississippi. As a businessman, veteran, and local leader, Mr. Miskelly left a legacy that will be remembered by his family, peers, and community for many generations to come. Drafted into World War II, Mr. Miskelly served his country honorably, earned the rank of Staff Sergeant, and was awarded two Bronze Stars. I am humbled by Mr. Miskelly's heroic actions to protect and serve our great nation, and our country is grateful for his service. After his military service, Mr. Miskelly strived for greatness in his daily life as he attended Union University on a basketball scholarship. He later transferred to Mississippi State University (MSU) where he was Cadet Colonel of the MSU ROTC and president of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. Following his education, Mr. Miskelly returned to Okolona, opened a furniture store, and started a family. Mr. Miskelly was a committed Christian and remarked that his greatest accomplishment in life was that his family all walked with the Lord. He loved his family, and his love for the Lord touched numerous lives. Mr. Miskelly also served on the Veterans Administration Board, on the board for the Mississippi School for the Deaf and Blind, and as president of the Mississippi Retail Association. Mississippi is honored to call Mr. Howard Miskelly one of its own. Although his time on Earth is over, his legacy that he has left through his service, family, community, and faith will endure.

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Mr. GUEST. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life and legacy of Mr. Ken Spears of Neshoba County, Mississippi. In Matthew 5:16 Jesus says, ``let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.'' Ken Spears undoubtably was a man who embodied a servant's heart. Mr. Spears dedicated his life to serving his community. He began his service as a law enforcement officer and continued in that role for 20 years. He cared for his community as a school bus driver for the Neshoba County School System. As a founding member of the Linwood Fire Department, he also served as a firefighter and board president. Philippians 2:3-4 says, ``Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.'' Mr. Spears's life was an example of selflessly serving others and living a life of purpose that our Lord has called for us. He served his community wholeheartedly, was adored by many, and lived a life with compassion. I am inspired by Ken Spears's goodwill and selflessness, and I am grateful for his actions that touched numerous lives. The great State of Mississippi is proud to call Ken Spears one of its own.

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Mr. GUEST. Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate Cadence Raine Nickey on being recognized as the 2022-2023 Choctaw Indian Princess. She has earned this distinction through her hard work and dedication to her family, her community, and her tribe. As her Congressman, I was happy to meet Cadence at the Neshoba County Fair recently, and I am proud of that she is representing the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in this special role. Cadence is the daughter of Eric Nickey and Georgianna McMillan and is a graduate of Choctaw Central High School. Cadence will attend Mississippi State University in the fall, where she plans to major in forensic science. I am thankful for the leadership of young people in our state like Cadence and know she will continue to make her tribe and her state proud.

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Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to this destructive piece of legislation. Every day I hear from fellow Mississippians who struggle to buy gas and groceries because of inflation fueled by the left's reckless spending. Now, instead of acknowledging the impact their out-of-control spending has had on Americans, my colleagues across the aisle are trying to pass legislation that will increase taxes on Americans, spend hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on far-left priorities, and pass legislation that will add an army of IRS agents. It is time to acknowledge that the American people are suffering because of legislation exactly like this. The American people are tired of this economic crisis, and they have been clear: Do not raise taxes, do not add to this recession with more wasteful spending, do not weaponize the IRS, and do not vote for this legislation. This Congress must listen to the American people and vote against this bill.

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Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the previous question so that we may immediately consider H. Res. 1255. This resolution expresses support for the United States Border Patrol agents and condemns the Biden administration for politicizing the measures taken by mounted Border Patrol agents to respond to an influx of Haitian refugees in Del Rio, Texas, in September of last year. During the encounter, Border Patrol agents performed the job that they were trained to do. Afterward, photos were released that showed agents using long reins to control their horses. Those photos were then used by the Biden administration to manufacture an attack on law enforcement agents, a common political tactic that we have seen implemented by those on the far left in movements such as defund the police and abolish ICE. Before any inquiry was made into the events, we saw President Biden and those in his administration attack these officers to pander to the progressives within their party. Before the investigation even began, President Biden made the promise to make those agents pay. Even after the allegations were debunked by CBP and the journalist who took the photographs, President Biden and those on the left who supported those false claims refused to retract their statements and refused to apologize to the agents they publicly attacked. We were promised a swift investigation, but the investigation took months to complete. Once completed, the allegations of assault were dropped and replaced with punishments for using offensive language and other minor infractions. National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd summed it up best when he said this: ``The moment he made those statements''-- referring to President Joe Biden--``the moment he said those agents would pay, the moment he convicted those agents without any evidence, without any investigation, there could be no doubt in anyone's mind that these investigators were going to come back with some sort of charges against the agents.'' Mr. Speaker, I have been to the border. I have spoken to law enforcement agents stationed there. They all say the same thing. They all say that this administration has abandoned them. They feel that President Biden, Vice President Harris, and others in the Biden administration manufactured a political scandal by targeting the agents who are working every day to secure our border and protect our Nation. This is the last thing these hardworking agents deserve. The morale of our Border Patrol agents remains low due to extreme pressure and long hours exacerbated by the President's border crisis. The last thing they need is for their elected officials to turn their back on them, or, in the case of Del Rio, publicly betray them. They need to know that their elected officials stand with them, stand with them to secure our border and to end this crisis that is bringing drugs into our country and endangering the lives of law enforcement agents, American citizens, and the immigrants themselves. That is why this legislation is so important. Congress must continue to express its support of our law enforcement agents and work with them, not against them, to secure our border. The law enforcement community needs to know that this Congress stands with them. Mr. Speaker, I encourage all my colleagues to vote ``no'' on ordering the previous question so that we can send a simple message to the men and women who are working overtime to secure our border and secure our Nation: We stand with them, and we will never abandon them.

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Mr. GUEST. Madam Speaker, the Lord calls us all for His purpose according to his plan. Some are called to heal, such as doctors and nurses; others are called to instruct, such as teachers and professors; and some are called by God to dedicate their lives to spread the Gospel to the world, such as ministers and missionaries. Each of us has a purpose in God's plan and that small role is monumentally important in our service to our Heavenly Father and our family in Christ. When I met Paul Chinchen, I knew his role in God's plan was different. I met a man whose role was not simply as one who cared for others, as a missionary, or as a leader. His role in God's plan was bigger. God had chosen him to do all of these things and much more, and in our meeting I could see that the Lord worked through Paul to accomplish His mission. In working to expand the African Bible College to Malawi and Uganda, the Lord worked through Paul to develop a place for thousands to learn in order to better themselves and their communities. By developing the ABC Mission Hospital in Malawi, Paul built a facility where doctors and nurses could work to heal and comfort those who had fallen ill. As a missionary, Paul worked to spread the Word of God to Africa. I am inspired by Paul's words that exemplify his work so well. ``Do something you love, do something engaging, and do something now.'' 1 Chronicles 16:24 calls us to ``declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous deeds among all peoples.'' Paul's life was a testimony to people across the world of the greatness of our Heavenly Father. In the New Testament, John encourages the Church not to love with words or speech but with actions. Paul's life is an example to everyone who knew him of how to serve through our actions. The great state of Mississippi is proud to call Paul one of its own. I am honored to have known Paul. Although his mission on this earth is complete, I have faith that the Lord will continue to use Paul's life and his example as a part of His divine plan. I will continue to be humbled by his incredible service to our Lord and grateful for his life. Paul's life is an example of how to serve others, boldly sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the nations, and of the great deeds that men can accomplish when the Lord works through those that He has chosen for His plan.

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Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the life of the unborn and in support of pro-life legislation like the Heartbeat Protection Act, a commonsense bill that would save an untold number of unborn children. I encourage my colleagues to look at the evidence that supports the pro-life movement. I know that Scripture supports life. Jeremiah 1:5 tells us: Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart. We also know that science supports life. Science now proves that unborn children can feel pain starting at 15 weeks or earlier. With enhanced ultrasound technology we see children in the womb moving and kicking. With new technology, doctors can even detect the beating sound of a child's heart. Our Court supports life with the recent decision by the Court to support Dobbs v. Jackson, which is a case that originated in the great State of Mississippi, my home State, we now have a legal system that has opened the door for a wave of pro-life support. The American people also support life. Almost two out of every three Americans support restrictions on abortion. Twenty-one States have already implemented laws to protect the lives of unborn children. That will now grow even further with nine more States considering their own pro-life legislation in the coming months. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support Scripture, science, our legal systems, our States, the American people, and the lives of our unborn children by supporting the pro-life movement.

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Mr. GUEST. Madam Speaker, Scriptures tell us: ``Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.'' As Police Week comes to a close, it is important that we continue to thank our law enforcement officers that protect our communities and tackle the huge recruiting and retention issues that our police departments are seeing. At a time when violent crime is at an all-time high, and our police departments are understaffed and overworked because of the impact of the defund the police movement and antipolice rhetoric, it is more important than ever that we support our law enforcement officers. Former President Ronald Reagan once said: ``There can be no more noble vocation than the protection of one's fellow citizens. . . . No single group is more fully committed to the well-being of their fellow Americans and to the faithful discharge of duty than our law enforcement.'' Law enforcement, we know, lives by creed. That creed is to serve and to protect. Sheriff Rutherford's bill, H.R. 7809, would help law enforcement accomplish that mission. It would put law enforcement back into our communities and take criminals off the streets by allowing Federal grant dollars to offer a $5,000 hiring and retention bonus to law enforcement officers. I am grateful for the men and women of law enforcement and for their service, and I will continue to work with these heroes to see that our communities are safe places to live, to worship, and to raise a family.

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Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Katko).

Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 903. When Congress created the Transportation Security Administration more than 20 years ago in the wake of the attacks on 9/11, this body provided the TSA Administrator with unique authorities in the management of its personnel. H.R. 903 would eliminate this vital flexibility and infringe upon TSA's ability to immediately respond to evolving threats and to protect the traveling public. This bill goes against Congress' intent by moving an entire agency into an antiquated 1940s system of title 5 of the U.S. Code. TSA will not be able to take emerging intelligence and quickly change security screening procedures at airports without unnecessary and dangerous delays due to the collective bargaining requirements of this bill. Since 9/11, TSA has kept our Nation's transportation system secure. Airport screeners and Federal air marshals have responded time and time again to emerging threats. For example, checkpoint screenings procedures were changed almost overnight in response to the liquid explosive plot in 2006 and the personal electronic device threat in 2017. Such immediate and agile responses will be severely hindered under H.R. 903. Security policies should not be subject to union bargaining. In addition, TSA will no longer be able to easily remove employees who have committed serious misconduct. If a TSA screener is caught smuggling drugs or weapons, it will be nearly impossible for TSA to immediately terminate them due to the layers of bureaucracy in the title 5 system. According to TSA, this bill will cost an astronomical amount of almost $8 billion over a 5-year period, and much of that money won't go to the frontline personnel. The amount of overhead costs associated with moving an entire agency to title 5 means that billions of dollars will be spent on the transition and will require the hiring of hundreds of new employees, not frontline workers who would be protecting the traveling public but, instead, bureaucrats who will facilitate this massive labor relations effort. If we actually want to address the needs of frontline workers, we would focus on securing more funding for their pay. Instead, H.R. 903 will waste billions in taxpayer dollars to create more bureaucracy and provide even more money to headquarters and those who work there who already have a much higher salary than the dedicated frontline personnel. I am extremely concerned that passing this bill would create a massive unfunded mandate that will ultimately divert critical funding from other important DHS priorities like border security, cybersecurity, and emergency response. If my friends in the majority were truly focused on prioritizing and improving the pay of TSA frontline workers, rather than prioritizing and empowering the unions, they would support frontline pay raises without the expense and the unnecessary bureaucracy of title 5. Unfortunately, the majority rejected an amendment by Ranking Member Katko at the markup that would have done just that--improve the pay of frontline screeners and air marshals, not the high-paid bureaucrats at headquarters, without all the waste that title 5 would provide. I and many of my colleagues stand ready to raise pay for frontline workers, but I cannot in good conscience support a bill that is fiscally irresponsible, undermines our national security, hinders the agency's missions and flexibility, and prioritizes the interests of the unions over the interests of the dedicated frontline workforce and the traveling public. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to oppose H.R. 903, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gooden). Mr. GOODEN OF Texas. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Texas for stating so eloquently what I and I believe everyone in this Chamber agrees with, and that is that the TSA agents, the men and women who work for the American people at the airport, are protecting our Nation. They are on the front lines, which is why I am rising today to urge my colleagues to do something very simple, and that is to protect Americans from terrorists and dangerous criminals when they fly and to assist the TSA by taking away a very dangerous policy that they have enacted from the top that they are encouraging and forcing these agents on the front lines to deal with. That policy is one of allowing illegal aliens onto commercial aircraft without proper identification. It was confirmed to me from the TSA administrator that migrants are allowed to use arrest warrants and warrants for deportation to board flights alongside everyday travelers. This was confirmed to me before Christmas last year. Despite my demands and those of many of my colleagues, the Biden administration has done nothing to stop this. Anyone in this country illegally, or with a warrant for arrest, should be detained and brought before a judge, not permitted to travel to the city of their choice. This should be a commonsense request. I will remind my colleagues that the TSA was created in response to the September 11 attacks, but it seems as if we have forgotten that. The lax policies by the TSA that allow unvetted aliens to board flights without identification presents a serious national security threat each and every day and jeopardizes the lives of the American people. My constituents, and I would venture to argue those of my colleagues, perhaps some of my open border friends across the aisle, would agree that our constituents deserve to fly in a safe aircraft. My constituents have to pull out an ID to board a flight, but this TSA has said that if you have an arrest warrant, that is good enough to get through security. I think that is crazy, and I think the American people do as well. I introduced this motion to recommit to protect our skies, verify the identity of travelers, and notify law enforcement if someone is in our country illegally. There is zero excuse to delay when the ongoing border crisis is putting every single community in our Nation at risk. In just 10 months, the Biden administration allowed over 45,000 noncitizens to fly without an ID, nearly 160 passengers each and every day. We also know this administration is allowing people on the terrorist watch list into our country, and we have no clue who is boarding these flights. I urge my colleagues to protect our airways and prevent another tragedy like 9/11 from occurring by adopting this motion. Mr. Speaker, if we adopt the motion to recommit, we will instruct the Committee on Homeland Security to consider my amendment to H.R. 903 to prohibit the TSA from accepting documents such as an arrest warrant or notice to appear as a valid form of identification. I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment in the Record immediately prior to the vote on the motion to recommit.

Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I think it is clear that all Republicans support increasing the pay of our TSA frontline workers. We know that they are crucial to the security of our traveling public. But this bill that we are here debating is not a bill that deals specifically with that. If that were the case, in markup Ranking Member Katko's amendment, an amendment that would have provided a $3,000 immediate salary increase to all frontline workers, 5 percent raise on top of that, year one; year 2, a 3 percent raise; year 3, a 3 percent raise; year 4, a 4 percent raise. This bill that we are talking about today is a bill that is not just to increase pay, which we all agree on, but this is, instead, a labor bill. This is, instead, an attempt to unionize an entire Federal agency. Mr. Payne spoke about that a little bit when he got up a few moments ago when he talked about the blue-ribbon committee that was established and said that there was not one labor leader on that committee. We shouldn't be putting labor leaders in the position of putting them on committees where we are talking about protecting the traveling public. That committee that he referred to, in 2019 TSA received a report from that bipartisan committee--and I stress that it was a bipartisan committee, the Blue Ribbon Panel Reviewing TSA Human Capital Service Delivery. The panel was composed of former officials from both Democratic and Republican administrations and included the chief human capital officer for DHS under former President Obama. It says that they strongly--not just recommended, but they strongly recommended against moving TSA personnel under title 5, and then this is a quote directly from that report, and it says here, ``One recommendation the panel heard repeatedly from employees was moving TSA into the General Schedule (GS). The Panel does not agree. The General Schedule is a 70-year-old classification and compensation system from the last century and is the subject of countless studies and recommendations from good government organizations who consistently find it is too inflexible to meet the needs of the 21st century workforce. A better course of action is to use existing ATSA flexibility to improve the TSA pay system so that it operates at a level superior to the GS system.'' Those are not my words. Those are not the words of Republicans. Those are the words of a blue-ribbon committee which was established to study this very thing. Here we see that Congress is going to completely ignore the findings of that committee. We are going to ignore a committee made up of TSA workers, employees, personnel, and supervisors who served on a committee that was established to look at this very point, and we are going to completely ignore that. We are going to now do exactly what this committee recommended against. And we are doing that not because we want to increase the pay of the frontline workers, which again we all agree on and we all support. We would support a bill today that would do that without putting everyone under title 5. But what this bill is, this is an attempt to unionize an entire Federal agency and a bill which would make the traveling public less safe. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, I close by thanking the men and women of TSA, especially the screeners, air marshals, and other frontline workers. The debate we are having today does not impact the sincere appreciation we have for the tremendous job they do each and every day to secure the transportation system. While we disagree on the best way forward, we all share the same goal of improving the pay and morale for TSA frontline workforce. It is important not only for the success of the agency but for the security of our Nation. Unfortunately, this bill is not the answer, and, therefore, I cannot support it. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to oppose H.R. 903, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the amendment. While I appreciate some of the issues my majority colleagues seek to address in this en bloc amendment, the bottom line is, there is nothing that will improve the bill or address the multiple concerns I have in it. Nothing in this en bloc amendment will preserve TSA's flexible authority to implement immediate security procedures in the face of national security threats. Nothing in this en bloc will ensure that screeners who commit gross misconduct are immediately relieved of their duties. Nothing in this en bloc will protect the rest of the Department of Homeland Security from having its key mission areas--like border security, cybersecurity, and counterterrorism vetting--from being raided to pay for this massive unfunded mandate. Therefore, I urge my colleagues to oppose this en bloc amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendments en bloc, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, again, these arguments go to further what we talked about earlier. This bill is not about a pay increase for our frontline workers. This isn't a bill about protecting the traveling public. This is a bill about unionizing an entire Federal agency. My friends across the aisle say that TSA already has the authority to do what Representative Cammack's amendment sets forth. What is the harm in putting that in the body of the legislation itself? Should it not be clear to everyone who reads the legislation that collective bargaining should not hold up improvement to security? Should that not be made clear? Should we not set forth that they already have that? What harm does it do in setting that forth again? Again, we all want to see that our TSA frontline workers get the pay raise that they need and deserve. What we oppose on the Republican side is the complete unionization of this Federal agency. I will tell you that this is a critical amendment to our national security. Historically, we look back, and when Congress stood up TSA in the wake of 9/11, they deliberately provided flexibility to the agency to deal with the evolving threats to our transportation system. It is imperative that the TSA Administrator maintain that authority to make immediate changes to screening procedures when addressing national security threats. The amendment of my good friend from Florida simply preserves that authority and makes it clear that the Administrator has that authority and exempts security procedures from the collective bargaining process. Without this critical amendment, security changes like those made in response to the 2006 liquid explosives or the 2017 personal electronic device plot could be significantly hampered or delayed if subject to collective bargaining. We simply cannot afford to put our national security on the bargaining table. I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for leading this important issue, and I urge my colleagues to support it.

Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk.

Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. My amendment would sunset the requirements of H.R. 903 at the end of fiscal year 2022 if Congress does not appropriate sufficient funds to carry out the bill. With H.R. 903 having an estimated cost to taxpayers of nearly $2 billion, or $8 billion if you use TSA's own estimates, it is critical that the bill does not simply become an astronomical unfunded mandate. This amendment will remove this bill's requirement to move TSA to title 5 if sufficient funding is not appropriated specifically for those requirements. This will protect other critical homeland security missions, like cybersecurity and border security, from being raided to pay for this legislation. In TSA's feedback on H.R. 903, they explicitly stated this: Implementation of H.R. 903 ``without additional, adequate appropriations would have dire impacts upon the TSA mission and negatively impact national and economic security.'' Let me read that again. It said that without proper appropriations, it would have a dire impact ``upon the TSA mission and negatively impact national and economic security.'' That is from TSA itself. Those are the words of the agency that we are looking at changing, and they are warning us. They are warning Congress that if we do this, and then we don't follow through with the funding, we are putting the traveling public at risk. If this is not clear enough, I don't know what is. I urge all Members to support this fiscally responsible amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, I have no more speakers so I am prepared to close when the majority is prepared. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. In closing, I refer back to the words of TSA. These are not my words. These are not the words of the Republican caucus. These are the words of TSA, which was tasked with a critical mission, and the words of TSA are words that we should take into account when we are debating this amendment and debating this bill. The words of TSA: Implementation of H.R. 903 ``without additional, adequate appropriations would have dire impacts upon the TSA mission and negatively impact national and economic security.'' This amendment is simple. If we are not going to fund this, we cannot put our national and economic security at risk, and this should be sunsetted. I ask my colleagues to support this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.