WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) introduced the Workforce Assurance for Transportation and Critical Homeland Personnel Act (WATCH Personnel Act), legislation that would boost compensation for Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers and guarantee pay for TSA workers during the current Republican Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown. Congressional Republicans have needlessly kept DHS shutdown for over two months, refusing to pass (https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/27/dhs-shutdown-house-gop-mess-00848735) a bipartisan bill that would fund the core agencies of DHS, while holding the line against funding for Immigration and Custom...