President Trump’s Strategy Retains Aviation Working—Congress Ought to Comply with

Congressional dysfunction stays on full show, with lawmakers no nearer to delivering a funding resolution for the Department of Homeland Security.

We commend President Trump and Secretary Mullin for stepping in to make sure TSA officers are paid and checkpoint operations stay environment friendly at airports throughout the nation. Their actions stop Congress from persevering with to make use of American vacationers and important aviation staff as political leverage throughout this shutdown.

Twice in simply six months, partisan disputes unrelated to aviation have disrupted our nation’s air journey system—costing the U.S. financial system billions of {dollars} and impacting tens of hundreds of thousands of vacationers. The lesson is evident: it isn’t a profitable technique—for air vacationers, aviation stability, or the financial system—to depend on Congress to do its job and pay frontline aviation security and safety personnel.

Moving ahead, we must always undertake President Trump’s method throughout all future shutdowns and guarantee important aviation staff are paid.

We are calling on Congress to move laws modeled after President Trump’s actions to ensure pay for TSA officers and air visitors controllers throughout all future authorities shutdowns. This will defend them—and the touring public—from countless chaos.