Looming Shutdown Could Mean Airport Delays as TSA Agents Face Work Without Pay

As Congress edges closer to Friday’s funding deadline that could shutter the Department of Homeland Security, lawmakers in both parties are warning that the consequences may be most acutely felt by those traveling.

At a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, the acting head of the Transportation Security Administration offered a blunt reminder of what a protracted DHS shutdown would mean for air travel: most TSA officers would remain on the job, unpaid, protecting more than 430 commercial airports nationwide.