TSA Pay Boost Proposal Faces Resistance From Senate GOP (2)

Key Senate Republicans are pushing back on legislation that would boost wages for Transportation Security Administration personnel at airport checkpoints, despite the agency leader’s argument their paychecks are “fundamentally unfair.”

Administrator David Pekoske advocated for TSA officer pay increases during a hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. The panel is weighing Pekoske’s nomination for another five-year term leading the agency. His first term ends next month.

The average pay for TSA officers at checkpoints is $40,000, Pekoske said. “That’s a very low level of pay for the responsibility that we place on their shoulders,” he told lawmakers. ...