Johnson wants airlines to pause perk letting lawmakers skip TSA lines until DHS is funded

Johnson was asked during an appearance on Fox and Friends if he agreed with Delta Air Lines deciding to scrap the perk. The speaker said he agreed “100% with the decision and that lawmakers did not deserve the special benefit during the DHS shutdown.”

“There are some occasions where members of Congress get escorted around for security threats, heightened threat environments, and all that,” Johnson said. “But my members don’t do that, they don’t skip the line.”

“If anybody’s been taking advantage of a perk like that, bad look, obviously,” the speaker added. “Congress has to do its job. The first function, the first responsibility of government is to make sure that we’re keeping the homeland safe.”

Johnson’s call comes as the DHS remains shut down with no path forward to reopen the agency that funds the Transportation Security Administration. Complicating the matter is that resolution seems even less likely