republican paul broun of georgia chairs the two-hour hearing. >> evaluating tsa's s.p.o.t. program. you'll find in for a few packets witnesses, witness panels written testimony, biographies, and truth and testimony disclosures. before we get started this thing the first meaning of the oversight subcommittee for the 112th congress, i'd like to ask the subcommittee's indulgence to introduce myself. it's an honor and a pleasure for me to chair the subcommittee for

republican paul broun of georgia chairs the two-hour hearing. >> evaluating tsa's s.p.o.t. program. you'll find in for a few packets witnesses, witness panels written testimony, biographies, and truth and testimony disclosures. before we get started this thing the first meaning of the oversight subcommittee for the 112th congress, i'd like to ask the subcommittee's indulgence to introduce myself. it's an honor and a pleasure for me to chair the subcommittee for this congress and his position that i do not take lightly. i want all members of the subcommittee to know that my door is always open. that i will endeavor to serve all members fairly and impartially. that i worked as are the best interest of congress and all-america to ensure that the agencies and programs under our jurisdiction are worthy of the public support. i recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. today subcommittee meets to violate tsa's s.p.o.t. program, developed in the wake of september 11, 2001, and was deployed on a limited basis in a select number of reports in 2003. 2007 tsa created new beha

minus pronounced broun. my family can't even pronounce it so i am very cognizant of people's pronunciation. detective lieutenant peter didomenica is employed by police where he commands the police detective division. prejudice he served as the massachusetts state police officers will is the director of security policy at boston logan international airport where he developed innovative antiterrorism programs. dr. paul ekman is professor emeritus of psychology at ucsf and currently the president of the paul ekman group. he has authored or edited 15 bucks. you have been busy, sir. and has consulted with federal and local law enforcement and national security organizations. american psychological association identified dr. ekman is one of the most, the 100 most influential psychologist of the 20th century. quite an honor, sir. "time" magazine selected him as one of the 100 most influential people of 2009. he is also the scientific adviser to dramatic television service -- series on fox live tv which was inspired

paul broun. mr. broun: thank you. dr. gingrey, i have taken a history and physical of obamacare and i have looked at all the laboratory results, i've looked at all the x-ray results and i've got a diagnosis. obamacare is a destroyer. it's going to destroy jobs in america. in fact, already it's destroyed jobs. i've got a lady in my district that right now today has eight people in her employment. she desperately wants to expand her business, she'd like to hire at least one or two more people for her small business, but she's not going to do it because of the onerous effect of obamacare on her business. so it's destroying at least one or two jobs in that one lady's business. i've got another business man in my district that wants to make a $31 million expansion of his business. he has the cash in the bank. he doesn't even have to borrow it, with all the regulations and problems that we're facing with the financial problems that the frank-dodd bill has placed on banks as well as small business, he wants to make a $31 million

broun: thank you, mr. speaker. america is facing some very perilous times because of the joblessness, because of the poor economy, because of the outrageous spending that has been going on for the last two years through the last congress. and i come tonight, mr. speaker, to discuss something that i think is call for the american people to understand, because we have gotten what the constitution says and what the original intent of the contusion might be. members have held up keeps of the constitution and i carry a copy in my pocket. and they talk about this being a living and breathing document. nothing could be further from the truth from the philosophy of our founding fathers. our founding fathers meant this to be a very solid foundation. the declaration of independence expresses the philosophy of liberty in america. and the constitution is an embodyment of those principles into a governing document. mr. speaker, if we don't have a solid foundation upon which to build all of our laws, all of our society, then we'

broun's four-way test. and the first thing that mr. broun put on there is, is it right and moral? and i agree with him. because when we debate the budget of the united states, when we debate how we're going to spend the taxpayers' money, the first question we should ask is, is it right? and is it moral? and the converse is, if we don't spend something, is it wrong and is it immoral? today i had the great honor of visiting walter reid hospital -- walter reed hospital andly there got to speak with several of our -- and there i got to speak with several of our extremely brave, courageous soldiers who have been injured in battle and one young man who lost both legs, one just above the knee, one all the way to his pelvis, and lost a little bit of a finger on one hand, was on what can only be described as bionic legs which he said are extremely good, the technology is extremely advanced, but they still don't help him walk. and he talked to us for a long time about what he had been through, the progress he had made and what he hoped to achieve with technology. and his parting comment to

broun: i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, when a patient is bleeding to death on an operating table, we as doctors do everything that we can to save that patient's life. we don't just walk away and we certainly don't call it quits. well, that's what the democrats want to do. they want to call it quits on our spending crisis, and the worst part is they are doing it for their own political games. democrats in congress are intentionally plotting this government shutdown and they hatched their plan months ago, i believe. if they wanted to, democrats could have passed a long-term continuing resolution during the lame dug session without making any -- lame-duck session thout making any spending cuts at all. but instead they passed a short-term spending bill so they could play the shutdown card right now. the democrats' political game of wedging conservatives between unexacceptable cuts and a government shutdown is an insu to the gravity of the plan. it's an insult to american families who are struggling to make ends

broun: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to again condemn my democratic colleagues' attempts to shut down the federal government. even with total control of spending, democrats failed to pass a budget last year. in the meantime, we've been operating on short-term spending bills only so that they can use their ace in the hole now. the government shutdown card. this has been their game plan all along, to attempt to divide the republican party, back us into a corner and to shut down the government for their own political purposes. mr. speaker, our democratic counterparts are gambling with the future of this nation and it's a bet i'm not willing to take. i implore my colleagues to pass a long-term bill that protects seniors, protects veterans and funds our troops so we can move on to next year's budget and work to get it right this time. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. sires: i ask permission to address the house

broun: i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, when a patient is bleeding to death on an operating table, we as doctors do everything that we can to save that patient's life. we don't just walk away and we certainly don't call it quits. well, that's what the democrats want to do. they want to call it quits on our spending crisis, and the worst part is they are doing it for their own political games. democrats in congress are intentionally plotting this government shutdown and they hatched their plan months ago, i believe. if they wanted to, democrats could have passed a long-term continuing resolution during the lame dug session without making any -- lame-duck session without making any spending cuts at all. but instead they passed a short-term spending bill so they could play the shutdown card right now. the democrats' political game of wedging conservatives between unexacceptable cuts and a government shutdown is an insult to the gravity of the plan. it's an insult to american families who are struggling to make e

broun: i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, when a patient is bleeding to death on an operating table, we as doctors do everything that we can to save that patient's life. we don't just walk away and we certainly don't call it quits. well, that's what the democrats want to do. they want to call it quits on our spending crisis, and the worst part is they are doing it for their own political games. democrats in congress are intentionally plotting this government shutdown and they hatched their plan months ago, i believe. if they wanted to, democrats could have passed a long-term continuing resolution during the lame dug session without making any -- lame-duck session without making any spending cuts at all. but instead they passed a short-term spending bill so they could play the shutdown card right now. the democrats' political game of wedging conservatives between unexacceptable cuts and a government shutdown is an insult to the gravity of the plan. it's an insult to american families who are struggling to make e

. >> chairman broun, ranking member edwards, and distinguished can members of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. my name is philip rubin, i am here as a private citizen. i have served or currently search in a number of roles both inside and out of government that might be relevant. in addition to the activities previously mentioned, i'm also a member of the technical advisory committee that was formed to provide critical input related to analyses and methodologies used in the spot program. i was invited here to describe the current state of research and science in the behavioral sciences related to laboratory studies and field evaluation of various tools, techniques, and technologies used in security and the detection of deception. my written testimony provides some brief historical background on selected activities in the behavioral sciences. this mentions a variety of documents and reports, some of which i have here, include many produced by the national academies, national research council, such as consensus reports and other documents, but the w

broun. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. mrbroun: i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, when a patient is bleeding to death on an operating table, we as doctors do everything that we can to save that patient's life. we don't just walk away and we certainly don't call it quits. well, that's what the democrats want to do. they want to call it quits on our spending crisis, and the worst part is they are doing it for their own political games. democrats in congress are intentionally plotting this government shutdown and they hatched their plan months ago, i believe. if they wanted to, democrats could have passed a long-term continuing resolution during the lame dug session without making any -- lame-duck session without making any spending cuts at all. but instead they passed a short-term spending bill so they could play the shutdown card right now. the democrats' political game of wedging conservatives between unexacceptable cuts and a government shutdown is an insult to the gravity of the plan. it's an insult to a