Lee Terry: “Tomorrow we have the opportunity to change the way security is done at our airports for the better. Until now, airlines…”

“Tomorrow we have the opportunity to change the way security is done at our airports for the better. Until now, airlines have been in charge of security at our airports. They, in turn, for the lowest bid, hire companies like Argenbright and I.T.S. and others who provide minimal training, low pay, and even falsified background checks. The result of airlines in charge is 100 percent turnover and weapons making it past security points. We can no longer allow the airlines to be in charge, nor allow businesses like Argenbright and I.T.S. to remain in our airports. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3150 puts the responsibility for day-to-day airport security with the Transportation Security Administration. It also gives this department flexibility in its mixture of Federal employees and private-sector folks under their direct supervision to do the job right; not a one-size-fits-all of all-private or all-Federal, but what works.”