TSA gives private security screeners green light in Orlando

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This CSA giving its okay the Transportation Security Administration.

Just approving private screeners to come on and -- Orlando Sanford international airport.

-- great case seen as a major win for my next guest who's been pushing for this for years house transportation and infrastructure committee chairman.

And Florida Republican John -- joining me now congressman good for you know -- -- and we look forward to -- -- that we really might not have enjoyed up to now.

Well when we started out we had two bottles we had private screening under federal supervision and all federal.

And then when private screening.

Came into play and airports were allowed to choose that TSA -- the Obama administration closed it down.

So we we have a model that works very well it it does a better job as far as performance.

Customer service common sense approach.

And so congress revolted when they closed it down we passed a law the president signed it in February.

Now they must accept the applications and the first one was accepted yesterday in Sanford Florida which a launch a whole new era.

And screening.

You need a whole new era what's going to be a lot of people about -- -- -- lot.

They don't like this -- process what will be different -- or or better.

Oh we're gonna do is try to get TSA out of the human resources and personnel business it enhances the security business to connect the dots.

They created a huge bureaucracy.

That -- -- itself looking for things to do.

Harassing grandmothers veterans.

Wrestling children to the ground that's not what you have to do.

The United States is the only country left now.

Bar Romania Bulgaria and Poland that as this all government to -- system self.

I think we can do it better get better performance at lower I know what I'm sorry got what are they doing differently that's 11 well again again the whole operation will be quite different -- -- about thinking system and -- We -- at risk based.

To be targeted going after bad guys not again.

Having people that are hired from the top of pizza boxes that given a badge and that this new the role does that mean you're not an -- after grandmas are you gonna be profiling what are you Canada and well again I think you yet hold different approach.

I would -- it we're not trying to harass the average American.

We need to convert this -- to risk based system with TSA.

Concentrating and focusing on intelligence -- on.

Security setting up again the parameters of which we do this can get them sound as a brilliant story -- that sounds like it's going to be a faster line you're gonna faster and that.

NF thinking time.

Just with a little bit of common sense to it can we can do a lot better -- other models.

And in some countries that have.

Experience of tough but terrorists.

Activities sept.

That first step was getting TSA out of that he bureaucracy business and human resources business.

And this is the first to step to reforming -- -- reported seeing our fans -- chairman thank you very much.

Great to be will be a great day bump draft.

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