Daines Leads Letter with Zinke Demanding TSA Revoke Burdensome Employee Screening Policy
U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines and Congressman Ryan Zinke sent a letter to Transportation Security Administration (TSA Administrator Pekoske urging the Biden administration to revoke a burdensome TSA employee screening policy that would add a significant strain to Montana airports. In a letter to TSA Administrator Pekoske, they wrote, “Ultimately, if implemented, the National Amendment would represent a fundamental shift in TSA’s screening responsibilities and undermine the role in which they were specifically tasked to perform post-9/11. Airport staff would essentially be required to duplicate the individual screening process that TSA screening officers are trained for, have equipment for, expertise in, and