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On the recordAugust 8, 2002
I compliment LA. I hope, I say to my TSA people, that you will stay on top of those screeners because we cannot handle a 40 percent failure rate.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Addressing TSA performance and the need for improvement.

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