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Transcript by Newsy: http://www.youtube.com/user/NewsyPolitics?feature=guide (Image Source: CNN) BY EMILY ALLEN ANCHOR JIM FLINK The Director of the Secret Service says his men never compromised national security or the President's safety during their scandalous trip to Colombia in April. Here's HLN. "Mark Sullivan will testify this morning. He insists that security was not compromised in Colombia last month. Nine agents were accused of partying with prostitutes before President Obama arrived from a summit." Sullivan plans to back his men at a hearing in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Politico says Sullivan will tell committee members... "At the time the misconduct occurred, none of the individuals involved in the misconduct had received any specific protective information, sensitive security documents, firearms, radios or other security-related equipment in their hotel rooms." But the senior Republican on the committee — Susan Collins — says she is concerned about the broader implications of this scandal on the agency. The Washington Post quote Collins as saying the agents' conduct... " ... surely sends a message to the rank and file that this kind of activity is tolerated on the road...This was not a one-time event...The circumstances unfortunately suggest an issue of culture." And Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson told CNN new revelations in the case makes him think this is a much larger problem in the agency than was first indicated. "What goes on in Las Vegas, stays in Las Vegas. That's just totally unacceptable. And you know what I want to do, we need to get to the bottom of this thing — not to go on a witch hunt — but really find out, is the secret service secure? But the House and Homeland Security Committee Chair — Republican Peter King — tells Fox News he's standing behind Sullivan and the secret service. "There is always going to be the inappropriate actions, there's always going to be the people that do the wrong thing, that doesn't mean there is a culture. That doesn't mean that it's condoned." This week, the committee plans to look specifically at the Colombia prostitution scandal and long-term problems within the agency.