DUCKWORTH DEMANDS DHS RESCIND NOEM'S RECKLESS 'SHOES ON' AIRPORT SCREENING POLICY THAT WATCHDOG SAYS 'CREATED A NEW SECURITY VULNERABILITY'

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)-Ranking Member of the Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) Aviation Subcommittee-today demanded the Trump Administration rescind former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem's dangerous policy that allows travelers to keep their shoes on at airport security screening checkpoints even after the DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) finding that the policy "created a new security vulnerability in the system." The Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) standard policy that requires all passengers to remove their shoes was implemented after the failed "Shoe Bomber" terrorist attack in 2001, whe...