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SD Senator JohnThune; TSA Security Lines Should Improve Soon

SD Senator JohnThune; TSA Security Lines Should Improve Soon

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Long TSA security lines at US airports are frustrating travelers, and Members of Congress.
South Dakota Senator John Thune says legislation passed this spring has provisions to address those issues…..

Thune, Chairman of the Commerce Committee that has oversight of the FAA, says the TSA should have seen the problems coming, especially at hub airports…

Thune says it is not a funding issue for the FAA or TSA…..

Thune says most major airports should have more screening lines open before the Fourth of July.

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