Tsas strategy for addressing increased Summer Travel. Thank you to rank member jimenez ranking member jimenez and our panel of witnesses for joining us. As rates of vaccination against Covid19 Increase across the country, a growing number of travelers are taking to the skies once more. The numbers are striking. Indeed, on the first today of this month, Tsa Screened more people in a day than it did on the same day in 2019, before the pandemic. And the daily number of travelers screened at tsa checkpoints crossed the 2 million threshold multiple times in june. This is leading to fuller flights, longer lines at airports, and, it seems, higher tensions as passengers reacquaint themselves with the old and the new rules of flying. Today we will hear from our witnesses about how tsa is managing this increase in Summer Travel as well as crucial information about Tsas Role in addressing incidents of unruly passenger behaviors at checkpoints and in the air. As travel increases, our witnesses wil
Transportation and maritime security will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at the any point. Welcome to the transportation and maritime security subcommittees hearing entitled taking to the skies examining Tsas Strategy for addressing increased Summer Travel. Thank you to rank member jimenez ranking member jimenez and our panel of witnesses for joining us. As rates of vaccination against Covid19 Increase across the country, a growing number of travelers are taking to the skies once more. The numbers are striking. Indeed, on the first today of this month, Tsa Screened more people in a day than it did on the same day in 2019, before the pandemic. And the daily number of travelers screened at tsa checkpoints crossed the 2 million threshold multiple times in june. This is leading to fuller flights, longer lines at airports, and, it seems, higher tensions as passengers reacquaint themselves with the old and the new rules of flyi
Indeed, on the first today of this month, Tsa Screened more people in a day than it did on the same day in 2019, before the pandemic. And the daily number of travelers screened at tsa checkpoints crossed the 2 million threshold multiple times in june. This is leading to fuller flights, longer lines at airports, and, it seems, higher tensions as passengers reacquaint themselves with the old and the new rules of flying. Today we will hear from our witnesses about how tsa is managing this increase in Summer Travel as well as crucial information about Tsas Role in addressing incidents of unruly passenger behaviors at checkpoints and in the air. As travel increases, our witnesses will share what Efforts Tsa is undertaking to recruit and retain more Transportation Security officers to insure airports have adequate staffing. In addition, many of my colleagues and i are disturbed by the unacceptable lines and violence on planes and at airports that we have seen in the news. As chair of this su
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