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Lawmakers are focusing on a common enemy as they search for ways to prove they can work together after shutting down the federal government earlier this month: the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
The House Homeland Security Committee is expected to approve a bipartisan bill on Tuesday to make changes to the TSA's rules for buying equipment, including its controversial X-ray scanners.
The House Homeland Security Committee will consider on Tuesday a bill that would change the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) procedure for purchasing equipment like its controversial X-ray scanners.
The measure, the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act (H.R. 2719), would require the agency to implement "best practices" for purchasing security equipment.
The House Homeland Security Committee on October 29 passed legislation -- including H.R. 2719, H.R. 1095, H.R. 1791 and H.R. 2952 -- to improve transportation security, domestic preparedness and cybersecurity.
The Committee passedH.R. 2719, the Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act, which was introduced by committee chairman, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) and transportation security subcommittee chairman, Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC).
Take off your belt and shoes, empty your pockets, step through the metal detector and pay an extra $17.5 million.
That is how much investigators say has been spent on “premium” salaries for Transportation Security Administration employees who have been promoted without doing any additional work.
Larry Wooten, president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, quoted former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee to demonstrate how important is was to celebrate benchmarks of success during the Davidson County Farm Bureau annual meeting.
“It's when ordinary people rise above the expectations and seize the opportunity that milestones truly are reached,” he said. “It is important to take the time to recognize milestones.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The two U.S. House representatives who represent Robeson County have blasted an Internet article that hung the label of America’s “poorest city” around the neck of Lumberton.
The chairman and ranking member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security Friday sent a joint letter to TSA Administrator John Pistole questioning the implementation of the agency's proposal to shift exit lane responsibilities to airports.