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BumRushDaShow

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Mon Mar 31, 2025, 07:40 AM Mar 31

Moskowitz quips that Bin Laden supports Lee's bill to abolish the TSA [View all]

Source: The Hill

03/30/25 8:23 PM ET


Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) knocked Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-Utah) bill to abolish the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA), suggesting only terrorists would support it. Lee reposted a Fox News article about his legislation and asked, in a post on the social platform X, “Who supports my bill to abolish TSA?”

“Bin Laden,” Moskowitz responded, referring to the infamous al Qaeda founder, Osama bin Laden, who masterminded the attacks on the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001. Bin Laden was tracked down and killed by U.S. special forces in Pakistan in May 2011.

Lee, along with Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), unveiled last week the “Abolish TSA Act of 2025,” which would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary “to expeditiously eliminate or transfer all authorities, enforcement functions, and programs of the Administration.” It would also require the DHS secretary “to privatize all commercial airport security to increase cost-efficiency and security.”

The TSA was created in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks “to oversee security in all modes of transportation.” It comprises nearly 65,000 employees, who screen more than 2 million passengers each day at nearly 440 airports across the country, according to its website.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/5222804-moskowitz-quips-that-bin-laden-supports-lees-bill-to-abolish-the-tsa/

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