"Uluntu lwezohambo lwase-US luxhasa ngamandla uSihlalo uThompson kunye noSihlalo weDeFazio umlinganiselo wokuphelisa umkhwa wokusebenzisa umrhumo we-'9/11' ukuhlawula iinkqubo ezingahambelani nokhuseleko lokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya," watsho uSekela Mongameli we-US Travel Association uJonathan Grella.

“Ukuphambukisa inxalenye yomrhumo wokhuseleko we-9/11 kwingeniso ngokubanzi yayisisigqibo esingathandekiyo nesingalunganga ngeendlela ezininzi. Uphambuko lomrhumo ludlala imidlalo yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali ngomnye weyona misebenzi ibalulekileyo kunye nobuthathaka kurhulumente womanyano: ukhuseleko lothutho lomoya. Imirhumo yabasebenzisi ngokusisiseko kufuneka isetyenziselwe ukuzuza inkqubo eqokelelwe kuyo-umgaqo osisiseko owamkelwa ngabaqulunqi bomthetho kumacala omabini epaseji. Amathuba alahlekileyo otyalo-mali ekuphuculeni nasekuqaliseni izinto ezintsha-kunye nokulungiselela inkqubo yokuphazamiseka okufana nokuvalwa kwenxalenye karhulumente yakutsha nje-azinakubalwa.

“Xa kufikwa kukhuseleko, kungcono kakhulu ukujongana neengxaki ngokukhawuleza kunokusabela ngokukhawuleza kwiingxaki. ICongress kufuneka iluphelise uphambuko lomrhumo wokhuseleko, isebenze ngoku ukubuyisela umva ifuthe lokuvalwa kokuvalwa, ukulungiselela ixesha lokuhamba ehlotyeni elixakekileyo elizayo, kwaye ibonelele i-TSA ngezixhobo ezibalulekileyo ukwenza imo yangoku kunye nokuphucula ukusebenza kwayo.

"Simqhwabela izandla uSihlalo uThompson kunye noSihlalo uDeFazio ngokuqwalasela lo mba, kwaye siyathemba ukuba uya kuphumelela ekuyekiseni umkhwa ongacetyiswanga wokuthotyelwa kwentlawulo."

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

Congress should eliminate the security fee diversion, act now to reverse the impacts of the recent shutdown, prepare for the busy summer travel season ahead, and provide TSA with vital resources to modernize and improve its operations.
The missed opportunities to invest in upgrades and innovation—as well as to prepare the system for disruptions such as the recent partial government shutdown—are innumerable.
“We applaud Chairman Thompson and Chairman DeFazio’s attention to this issue, and hope it succeeds in ceasing the ill-advised practice of fee diversion.