GOP to TSA: Eleven years after 9/11 attacks, it's time to change

“Since TSA’s creation after 9/11, the agency has gone down a troubling path of overspending, limiting private sector engagement, and failing to sufficiently protect passenger privacy,” he quickly added.

Touting a report produced by the Transportation Security subcommittee, Rogers said it was time for TSA to be “rebuilt” into a “smarter, leaner organization.”

Among the panel’s suggestions are increasing the number of risk-based security programs that are used by TSA and “enlisting the private sector to modernize and automate the passenger screening process.

“Here is the bottom line: It is time to reform TSA,” Rogers said. “In fact, it’s been a long time coming.”