{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-crow-colorado-delegation-urge-tsa-to-work-with-den-to-improve-security-wait-times", "Congressman Crow, Colorado Delegation Urge TSA to Work with DEN to Improve Security Wait Times", "2023-10-23", "2023", "2023-10", "Democrat", "House", "CO", "Jason Crow", "C001121", "crow.house.gov", "crow", "https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "AURORA \u2014 Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06) joined Colorado US Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, and Representatives Diana DeGette, Ken Buck, Joe Neguse, Brittany Pettersen, and Yadira Caraveo in calling on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to improve wait times for passengers at Denver International Airport (DEN) \u2013 the country\u2019s third busiest airport and the region\u2019s largest economic driver.\n\nDEN passenger traffic continues to grow, with a record 78 million passengers expected this year. However, a lack of transparency into TSA\u2019s staffing formula has limited the airport\u2019s responsiveness to this increased volume of travelers. Colorado lawmakers are requesting clear steps from TSA to help meet the demand.\n\nIn the letter, the lawmakers wrote:\n\n\u201cWe write to request that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) take all appropriate steps to fully deploy resources at Denver International Airport (DEN) in response to the unprecedented increase in travelers the airport has experienced this past year.\u201d\n\n\u201cAt the moment, DEN does not have the necessary TSA roles to meet this demand, which has resulted in longer than expected wait times for security lines. In fact, TSA has allocated fewer roles for DEN than it did in 2019, when passenger volume was lower,\u201d continued the lawmakers. \u201cUnderstanding TSA's resource allocation would allow DEN to develop its own standards for passenger traffic forecasting and operations management, especially as the airport experiences seasonal, weekly, and daily fluctuations in visitors.\u201d\n\nCongressman Crow continues efforts to address Coloradans\u2019 airport issues and strengthen federal oversight over the aviation industry. This Congress, Crow advanced key provisions in the FY24 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act, requiring the agency\u2019s action on airport noise. After Crow\u2019s repeated urging, Centennial Airport recently announced changes to help protect the health and safety of flight path communities suffering from high-decibel aircraft noise above.\n\nA PDF of the letter can be found here, with text appearing below:\n\nOctober 23, 2023\n\nThe Honorable David P. Pekoske\n\nAdministrator\n\nTransportation Security Administration\n\n601 12th St S, Arlington, VA 20598\n\nDear Administrator Pekoske:\n\nWe write to request that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) take all appropriate steps to fully deploy resources at Denver International Airport (DEN) in response to the unprecedented increase in travelers the airport has experienced this past year.\n\nDEN is the third busiest airport in the United States. It is the region\u2019s largest economic engine and generates over $36 billion annually.\n\nIn recent months, DEN\u2019s passenger traffic has grown at an extraordinary pace. In June alone, 6.7 million passengers traveled through DEN. The airport expects to welcome a record total 78 million passengers this year \u2013 five million more than originally expected.\n\nAt the moment, DEN does not have the necessary TSA roles to meet this demand, which has resulted in longer than expected wait times for security lines. In fact, TSA has allocated fewer roles for DEN than it did in 2019, when passenger volume was lower.\n\nTo that end, we urge you to provide DEN with transparency into TSA\u2019s resource allocation, and the model that underpins it. Understanding TSA's resource allocation would allow DEN to develop its own standards for passenger traffic forecasting and operations management, especially as the airport experiences seasonal, weekly, and daily fluctuations in visitors.\n\nWe are pleased to hear that a meeting is scheduled to discuss these issues. We hope that this will give TSA more insight into the extreme uptick in passenger traffic at DEN and provide meaningful steps to address it.\n\nWe are grateful for the successful partnership that DEN and TSA have built over the past several years, and we applaud TSA\u2019s efforts to help DEN to open its new state-of-the-art West passenger screening security checkpoint in February. We welcome the opportunity to continue working with TSA to better serve Coloradans and all visitors to our state.\n\nThank you for your attention to this important matter. We look forward to discussing this issue further with you and members of your team.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://crow.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-crow-colorado-delegation-urge-tsa-to-work-with-den-to-improve-security-wait-times"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1988724581897259, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}