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Fact-checks (25066)

Charles Schumer stated on January 29, 2024 in a press release:
“TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.”
By David Scibilia• February 21, 2024
Janet Napolitano stated on May 07, 2011 in Atlanta Press Club speech:
"Very, very, very few people get a pat-down" when they go through airport security.
By Willoughby Mariano• May 17, 2011
John Pistole stated on November 16, 2010 in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper.:
The radiation coming from the new TSA body scanners is "equivalent to about three minutes' worth of air travel by anybody, say, at 30,000 feet."
By Aaron Sharockman• November 18, 2010
Allen West stated on November 21, 2010 in TV interview:
The U.S. "had the opportunity with Israel coming and talking to us about improving our security screening procedures, and we turned them down."  
By Amy Sherman• December 8, 2010
Raymond LaHood stated on February 25, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:
"There's going to be a slowdown and delays in flights" as a result of the sequester.
By Molly Moorhead• February 27, 2013
Facebook posts stated on January 19, 2023 in a video:
The Transportation Security Administration spent “a couple hundred million dollars” on gender-neutral screening technology.
By Gabrielle Settles• January 27, 2023
Americans for Responsible Solutions stated on February 26, 2014 in press release:
"Georgia lawmakers are now considering passing the most extreme gun bill in America."
By Nancy Badertscher• March 5, 2014
Rick Perry stated on June 29, 2011 in a press release:
Says legislative debate of airport pat-down procedures initiated federal changes in security procedures.
By W. Gardner Selby• July 11, 2011
John Mica stated on November 25, 2010 in a Fox News interview.:
TSA "started off with 16,500 screeners and the agency has mushroomed to 67,000 employees with 3,590 administrative people ... making over $105,000 per year on average."
By Aaron Sharockman• December 17, 2010
Waco Tea Party stated on May 25, 2011 in an e-mail blast:
Says the federal government threatened to impose a no-fly zone in Texas if state legislators bar airport security officials from performing pat-downs.
By • June 8, 2011
Lars Larson stated on October 02, 2014 in an email:
"TSA WILL ACCEPT DRIVERS PRIV CARDS FOR ID AT THE AIRPORT"
By Dana Tims• October 7, 2014
Donald Trump stated on September 19, 2016 in an interview on Fox News:
Says Israel profiles based on ethnicity and "does it very successfully."
By Linda Qiu• September 23, 2016
Barack Obama stated on April 30, 2013 in a press conference:
Long-term federal investment in U.S. airports is urgent because "there was a recent survey of the top airports … in the world, and there was not a single U.S. airport that came in the top 25."
By Louis Jacobson• May 1, 2013
Mark Clayton stated on August 05, 2012 in a post on his campaign's Facebook page.:
Says the federal government "mandates transexuals (sic) and homosexuals grabbing children in their stranger-danger zones in the name of airport security."
By Bartholomew Sullivan• August 13, 2012
Trebor Banstetter stated on March 01, 2015 in a newspaper article:
 Georgia has one of the nation’s highest jet fuel taxes.  
By Nancy Badertscher• March 31, 2015
Kasim Reed stated on April 25, 2012 in a press release:
The recent process of awarding $3 billion worth of airport vending contracts was the "most open and transparent procurement process in the city’s history."
By Willoughby Mariano, Eric Stirgus• May 21, 2012
Facebook posts stated on September 11, 2014 in a post on Facebook:
A flight from Atlanta to Houston was canceled due to a "terrorist dry run."  
By Derek Tsang• September 11, 2014
Don Zimmerman stated on May 31, 2011 in a press release.:
"Every time you buy an airline ticket, the federal government runs a background check on you."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 5, 2011
John Eaves stated on January 12, 2011 in a newspaper article:
"This kind of snowstorm happens every 10 or 15 years."
By Eric Stirgus• January 17, 2011
John Kennedy stated on May 13, 2012 in a radio interview:
Hartsfield-Jackson’s new international terminal is opening "within budget."
By Willoughby Mariano• May 23, 2012

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