The deadline for the annual Congressional Art Competition is April 12, U.S. Rep. Hudson’s office announced this week.
The competition is open to all high school students of the 8th District.
Who'd have thought 2.36 inches could stir up so much pain, anger and action?
I'm talking about the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's recent decision to allow pocketknives smaller than 2.36 inches on board planes in carry-on bags.
Reporter: Wes Venteicher, Washington Bureau
Transportation Security Administration head John S. Pistole on Thursday defended his agency’s
decision to allow airline passengers to carry on certain pocket knives and sporting equipment,
saying those objects don’t present the kind of threat the TSA was created to address.
The House Subcommittee on Transportation Security, chaired by Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), held a hearing Thursday on the TSA's efforts to advance risk-based security.
The government’s transportation security subcommittee will focus on the controversial TSA change that would allow passengers to carry small knives on planes Thursday.
But flight attendants are doing everything they can to stop it.
The attendants have been very vocal about the TSA’s decision to make the changes and they are escalating their complaints to Washington.
Reporter: Wes Venteicher, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — More than a decade after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Transportation Security Administration is reassessing airline safety with an eye toward identifying the most likely threats.
Reporters: Thom Patterson and Catherine E. Shoichet
The nation's aviation security chief on Thursday defended his recent decision to again permit knives aboard commercial flights, despite concerns from major airlines and their flight crews, and sharp criticism from some members of Congress.
Reporter: Steve Strunsky
The head of the Transportation Security Administration is likely to get a mixed reception this afternoon, when he’s scheduled to testify before Congress on his recent decision to allow small knives on commercial airliners.
Reporter - Ali Rockett
PEMBROKE - Tribal leaders are reviewing a draft bill seeking federal recognition for the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina in hopes of introducing the legislation next month.
Last week’s announcement that pocket knives, golf clubs and other potentially dangerous, even deadly items, could be carried onto airliners has sparked a fierce backlash from a long list of constituents including flight attendants, pilots, air marshals, federal lawmakers, passengers and at least one airline CEO.