By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Lawmakers are offering potential solutions to long wait times at airport.
After Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, suggested $28 million in extra funding for three busy northeast airports, another lawmaker suggesting adding private screeners.
The Hill reports that Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., wants the TSA to use more private screeners.
Of the 472 commercial airports, only 22 have help from private contractors.
“My question is: why?” Black said. “Congress must ensure that TSA culture and policies aren’t standing in the way of allowing businesses the ability to compete for these opportunities.”
Black also wants a realistic cost of private contractors.
“Congress can’t keep throwing taxpayer money at a broken agency that, by every metric, is failing our travelers, without demanding reform,” Black said.
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