John Mica Quotes

A collection of quotes by John Mica.

John Mica is a former American politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2017. Born on January 27, 1943, in Binghamton, New York, Mica grew up in Florida and completed his education at the University of Florida, where he earned a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in education administration.

Mica's political career began when he was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1976, where he served until 1980. Following his time in the state legislature, he worked as a congressional staff member and later served as an aide to several Florida senators.

In 1992, Mica successfully ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Florida's 7th congressional district. He was subsequently re-elected to the House for 12 consecutive terms. During his time in Congress, Mica focused on transportation and infrastructure issues, and he chaired the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from 2011 to 2013.

Throughout his career, Mica was regarded as a knowledgeable and experienced legislator, particularly in the field of transportation. He actively worked on legislation related to aviation, railways, highways, and public transit. Additionally, Mica advocated for small businesses, veterans' issues, and fiscal responsibility.

After his retirement from politics, John Mica has been involved in consultancy work and has remained engaged in public policy discussions.

Other countries, such as Israel, successfully employ behavio

Other countries, such as Israel, successfully employ behavior detection techniques at their airports, but the bloated, ineffective bureaucracy of TSA has produced another security failure for U.S. transportation systems.

John Mica

Failure

Yes, I do agree we need health care reform however, this bil

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

John Mica

Health

They've just gone over the line in my opinion, and again, th

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 time for an advanced technology body search, but it has to be done with some thought.

John Mica

Technology

We're not trying to harass the average American. We need to

We're not trying to harass the average American. We need to convert this now to a risk-based system, with TSA concentrating and focusing on intelligence, on security, setting up again the parameters of which we do this.

John Mica

Intelligence

Well, again, a gun sale database is just trying to get the D

Well, again, a gun sale database is just trying to get the Department of Justice to keep track of the guns that they're purchasing and supplying to drug dealers and murderers. I mean, wow. Come on, let's get the government under control before we start restricting the rights of - innocent citizens.

John Mica

Government