News from January 2023
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Georgia airports discovered a total of 482 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022, with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) leading the country with 448 found.
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
Transportation Security Administration officers at Norfolk International Airport stopped a Wisconsin woman from carrying her handgun onto a flight on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 118 handguns at Virginia airport security checkpoints in 2022, a new record and a 20 percent increase from the 98 guns caught in 2021.
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will be conducting a series of recruitment events in January to hire additional men and women to work at Syracuse Hancock International Airport in preparation for the busy spring and summer travel seasons.
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 39 handguns at New York City area airport checkpoints in 2022, an increase from the 26 guns caught in 2021.
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers in Arkansas detected 59 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022, with the majority of the firearms discovered at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport’s (LIT) security checkpoint.
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 21 handguns at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport security checkpoints in 2022, a decrease from the 23 guns caught in 2021.
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recognized a year of accomplishments and progress in 2022, setting a new record in firearm interceptions by Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) at checkpoints, making significant strides to improve transportation security and screening an average of more than two million passengers daily at airports across the country.
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers continued to detect guns at Pennsylvania airport security checkpoints last year. TSA officers stopped 82 handguns at Pennsylvania airport security checkpoints in 2022, a decline from the 89 guns detected in 2021, yet a spike from the 71 caught in 2019 (pre-pandemic).
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Philadelphia International Airport have prevented three individuals from bringing handguns onto their flights in the first 12 days of the new year, the third of which was detected yesterday, Thursday, Jan. 12.
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 85 handguns at Chicago O’Hare International Airport security checkpoints in 2022, and 38 at Chicago Midway International Airport, a decrease for both airports from 2021.
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today that its security screening officers at the two major airports in East Texas Area detected 423 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022. Every one of these firearms was discovered during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on property at the security checkpoint. Nationwide last year, TSA officers found 6,542 firearms at 262 different airports.
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced today
By Press release submission | Jan 30, 2023
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stopped 23 handguns at Upstate New York airport security checkpoints in 2022, an increase from the 19 caught in 2021.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today applauding Senate passage of historic clean energy and climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, which are expected to slash our nation’s greenhouse gas pollution by 40 percent by 2030...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) released the following joint statement today after the House of Representatives passed two public health bills...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
F24AS00005_Fiscal Year 2024 National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program grant opened on Jan. 30.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter today expressing their strong support for the Biden Administration’s implementation of key provisions of the No Surprises Act, which established historic consumer protections for patients from surprises medical bills.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Rush (D-IL), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) wrote to four cryptomining companies today...
By State Newswire | Jan 30, 2023
News Release: Special Representative for Afghanistan (SRA) Thomas West will travel to Pakistan, Germany, and Switzerland January 29 - February 4 to consult with partners, Afghans, and humanitarian relief organizations regarding shared interests in Afghanistan.
