US Senate Confirms New TSA Head as Trump Pushes for Private Airport Security
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers walk through the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia March 27. (Reuters/Alyssa Pointer)
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed David Cummins, a senior vice president of Serco, to head the Transportation Security Administration as the Trump administration pushes to privatize screeners at smaller airports.
President Donald Trump in April proposed cutting more than 9,400 workers and just over $1.5 billion, or about 20%, from the annual budget of the 60,000-employee TSA that handles airport security operations.
He also proposed requiring smaller airports to use private security, a move that would cut the TSA payroll by more than 4,500 jobs.
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(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Mark Porter)
