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Miami International Airport is experiencing TSA shutdowns
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article224301200.htmlAs Miami International Airport prepares to close a concourse to departing flights amid a shortage of security screeners, Congressional Democrats used the terminal as an example of why the federal shutdown needs to end immediately.
Rep. Donna Shalala, newly elected to a Miami district, cited the planned closing of a Pizza Hut in MIA’s Terminal G Saturday afternoon as one of the ripple effects from a partial shutdown that’s about to be the longest in U.S. history.
“This is an impossible situation, and it’s absolutely irresponsible,” Shalala said during a press conference at MIA with fellow South Florida Democratic representatives Debbie Mucarsel-Powell and Debbie Wasserman Schultz and unions representing aviation and airport workers. “The economic impact of these shutdowns is simply horrible for our community.”