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Bennie Thompson: “Congress should never have divided the TSA workforce into a group of management 'haves' with statutory rights under…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 2017
Congress should never have divided the TSA workforce into a group of management 'haves' with statutory rights under title 5 of the U.S. code, and the front-line TSO 'have nots' who do not.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson criticizes Congress for unequal treatment of TSA employees.

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