Norman Mineta

All Americans should rest assured that the Department of Transportation, the United States Coast Guard, and the Transportation Security Administration will remain at the ready, and remain sharply focused on our primary duties-and that is, to keep our vital national transportation system safe, efficient, secure and reliable.

Our ongoing focus on transportation security will emphasize the following core principles: timely and accurate intelligence; customer service; maintaining critical transportation infrastructure; increasing capacity; and, most importantly, the continued assurance of freedom of mobility for both people and cargo. . . .

Transportation security is at its highest levels in the history of our nation, and it will be higher still tomorrow. . . .

Patience is a new form of patriotism. And I'm proud of the patience and patriotism that Americans have shown since the horrific events of Sept. 11. But they also expect results. Well, we're delivering results.

-June 7, 2002
Address at McGraw-Hill Companies'
homeland security summit.