{"id":8263,"date":"2026-05-20T21:32:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8263"},"modified":"2026-05-20T21:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:32:52","slug":"house-committee-discusses-modernizing-the-tsa-as-trump-seeks-to-privatize-airport-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8263","title":{"rendered":"House committee discusses modernizing the TSA as Trump seeks to privatize airport screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By MAE ANDERSON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A House committee on Wednesday expressed bipartisan support for ensuring Transportation Security Administration officers get paid during future government shutdowns and are equipped with the latest technology, discussing the agency\u2019s future as the Trump administration lobbies to make airport screening a job for private contractors.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8261\">Jeweler scammed LA , Orange County watch buyers out of nearly $1.5 million, prosecutors allege<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Members of the House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing on ways to modernize the TSA nearly 25 years after it was created in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. But the morale of TSA officers who went without pay during three funding lapses since Oct. 1, and whom the administration wants to replace at small U.S. airports, overshadowed the talk about better machines and reliable funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetween the 2025 and 2026 shutdowns, transportation security officers endured a total of 119 days impacted by shutdown conditions,\u201d Republican Andrew Garbarino of New York, the committee\u2019s chairman, said in his opening remarks. \u201cThat means TSA officers spent roughly 40% of this fiscal year reporting to work without a paycheck while continuing to carry out one of the most important security missions in the federal government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several other committee members noted that Congress has failed to pass any of the pending bills seeking to guarantee continued pay for TSA workers. Rep. Lou Correa, a California Democrat, said if TSA workers don\u2019t get paid during shutdowns, neither should lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Correa also took aim at President Donald Trump\u2019s proposed budget, which in addition to spending $477.3 million to have private companies take over airport screening at about 250 airports would cut more than 4,500 TSA positions to save $529.3 million in compensation and benefits. The TSA this week also authorized contractors in its airport staffing program to acquire and maintain screening equipment, which previously was strictly a government function.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTechnology alone can\u2019t replace the experienced people who make the security checkpoints work as they have for the past 25 years,\u201d Correa said. \u201cIt\u2019s about pushing an antigovernment privatization ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8259\">NTSB: Flaw that led to engine flying off UPS plane grew unnoticed under relaxed inspection schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About 20 U.S. airports already staff their checkpoints through the Screening Partnership Program. Currently airports choose whether or not to opt in. Under Trump\u2019s proposed budget, smaller airports would be required to participate.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The witnesses at the hearing included Christopher Sununu, president and CEO of the airline trade group Airlines for America; Dallas Fort Worth International Airport CEO Chris McLaughlin; American Federation of Government Employees President Everett Kelley, whose union represents TSA workers. All three said they thoughts airports should get to decide whether to employ private screeners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnsuring SPP remains an option for airports and does not become a mandatory program is paramount to the U.S. aviation industry,\u201d Sununu said.<\/p>\n<p>Kelley took a strong stand against the plans in Trump\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m totally against the privatization of any airport,\u201d he said. \u201cYou don\u2019t contract out the CIA, do you?\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After several more Democrats on the committee said they thought that handing off airport security to businesses would leave U.S. airspace more vulnerable, Garbarino interjected to point out that \u201cthe very conservative cities of San Francisco, Seattle and Atlanta\u201d all use private screeners at their airports, \u201cso yeah, maybe it\u2019s not a Republican thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=8257\">3 dead in New Mexico and first responders treated for exposure to unknown substance, officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration is lobbying to replace TSA officers with private contractors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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