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Wicker Seeks Stakeholder Feedback On TSA Budget And Operations

Wicker Seeks Stakeholder Feedback On TSA Budget And Operations
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Senate photo

The chairman of the Senate committee that oversees policies for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) asked a half-dozen groups that represent industry stakeholders in the U.S. transportation system to answer questions about how the agency’s budget request and recent pandemic stimulus funding affect security. Answers to the questions will inform committee about challenges presented in the $8.2 billion fiscal year 2021 budget request, previous TSA-related legislation, and the recent CARES Act, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) wrote the stakeholders. Wicker points…

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