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On the recordApril 10, 2013
Should TSA receive increased funding when passenger traffic over the past decade has declined by 30 million passengers a year?
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Marsha Blackburn
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Blackburn challenges the rationale for TSA's budget increases amid declining passenger numbers.

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