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| April 10, 2008 |
| WASHINGTON D.C. - Montana’s Congressman, Denny Rehberg, today, in a meeting with the Transportation Security Administration, won assurances that Montana’s essential air service (EAS) airports would receive TSA security flight screening once service to the airports resumes. “In the past month, I’ve been pushing TSA to give me some answers on why they’ve continuously failed to provide federal security services,” said Rehberg, a member of the House Appropriations Committee. “They finally gave in and agreed to fulfill their promises. However, there were still concerns about how the disruption in service would affect implementation. Today, I secured a commitment from TSA that security screening would be put in place as soon as the first plane takes off.” Over the past month, Rehberg has pushed TSA officials to provide federal screening to Montana’s seven EAS airports. Late last month, TSA made the decision to carry out federalization and sent letters to the local airport directors. However, many of the Montana airports were still concerned about how a disruption in service would affect TSA’s decision. Today, in a meeting with Mo McGowan, TSA Assistant Administrator at the Office of Security Operations, Rehberg requested and received assurances that, if provided a 30-day notice of the resumption of service, TSA would have security screening capabilities in place on time. |
