US: Lawmaker scolds TSA chief for soaring airport security waits
Longer airport screening lines expected this summer are unacceptable and have come after months of warnings by airlines and airports, the chairman of the House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee said. Representative Michael McCaul said at a hearing Wednesday that the US TSA hadn’t reacted swiftly enough to the growing wait times and hadn’t used its resources appropriately. “This crisis didn’t just come out of nowhere,” McCaul said. “Airports and airlines have been sounding the alarm for months.” While some in Congress have said TSA hasn’t used its resources appropriately, TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger said lines grew in response to lawmakers’ criticism last year about lax security and cuts in the agency’s budgets that has reduced the number of screeners by about 5,000 in the past 5 years. <br/>
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US: Lawmaker scolds TSA chief for soaring airport security waits
Longer airport screening lines expected this summer are unacceptable and have come after months of warnings by airlines and airports, the chairman of the House of Representatives’ Homeland Security Committee said. Representative Michael McCaul said at a hearing Wednesday that the US TSA hadn’t reacted swiftly enough to the growing wait times and hadn’t used its resources appropriately. “This crisis didn’t just come out of nowhere,” McCaul said. “Airports and airlines have been sounding the alarm for months.” While some in Congress have said TSA hasn’t used its resources appropriately, TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger said lines grew in response to lawmakers’ criticism last year about lax security and cuts in the agency’s budgets that has reduced the number of screeners by about 5,000 in the past 5 years. <br/>
