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On the recordJune 12, 2003
We have places, such as at McCarran Airport, where, if we had additional help, we could move people into the airport more quickly but we simply don't have the TSA people to do that. We have some of our hub airports where, as the Senator has indicated, they have people standing around looking at each other because they are not having people coming in and out of the airport like we have at McCarran.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing staffing issues at airports and the need for changes in TSA resource allocation.

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