Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) said today that the President’s nomination for head of the TSA concerns him because it shows that “the President is more focused on coming through with a campaign promise to the unions rather than keeping Transportation Security focused on the real security of American passengers.”
DeMint appeared on CBS today and responded to criticism from Democrats over his hold on Obama’s nomination to the TSA’s top post, Errol Southers.
DeMint said that he’s “not trying to block” the vote, he just wants “debate and a vote because the stated goal of the president and Secretary Napolitano is to submit our airport security to collective bargaining. This is something that has been prohibited since the agency was formed because it takes away the flexibility that we need to continually upgrade.”
He continued:
I think their nominee for transportation security head is qualified, he appears to be a good gentleman, but I’m afraid the President is more focused on coming through with a campaign promise to the unions rather than keeping Transportation Security focused on the real security of American passengers.
Here’s the video:
