"Ke kākoʻo ikaika nei ke kaiāulu huakaʻi US i ka hana a ka Pelekikena Thompson a me ka luna DeFazio e hoʻopau i ka hana o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka uku '9/11' no ka uku ʻana i nā papahana pili ʻole i ka palekana huakaʻi ea," wahi a US Travel Association Executive Vice President Jonathan Grella.
"ʻO ka hoʻohuli ʻana i kahi ʻāpana o ka uku palekana 9/11 i ka loaʻa kālā maʻamau he mea pōʻino a alakaʻi hewa i nā ʻano he nui. Ke pāʻani nei ka uku hoʻololi i nā pāʻani kālā me kekahi o nā hana koʻikoʻi a koʻikoʻi o ke aupuni federal: palekana kaʻa kaʻa. Pono e hoʻohana pono ʻia nā uku o nā mea hoʻohana no ka pōmaikaʻi i ka ʻōnaehana i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ai lākou - kahi kumu kumu i kākoʻo ʻia e nā poʻe loio ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ke ala. ʻO nā manawa i hala ʻole e hoʻokomo i nā hoʻomaikaʻi a me nā mea hou-a me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana no nā pilikia e like me ka pani ʻana o ke aupuni i hala iho nei.
"I ka wā e pili ana i ka palekana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia ma mua o ka pane ʻana i nā pilikia. Pono ka ʻaha'ōlelo e hoʻopau i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka uku palekana, e hana i kēia manawa e hoʻohuli i nā hopena o ka pani ʻana i hala iho nei, e hoʻomākaukau no ka wā huakaʻi kau wela e hiki mai ana, a hāʻawi iā TSA i nā kumuwaiwai koʻikoʻi e hoʻololi a hoʻomaikaʻi i kāna mau hana.
"Ke mahalo nei mākou i ka manaʻo o ka Pelekikena Thompson a me ka luna DeFazio i kēia pilikia, a ke manaʻo nei mākou e kūleʻa ana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka hana hewa ʻole o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka uku."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- 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.
