Mark Sanford, the former SC Governor who claimed to have been
Hiking the Appalachian Trai and who is now
a Congressman from SC ("Servicing South Carolina's Lowcountry", according to the top of his official House webpage), claims that passing the following bill would save $17 million a year:
Federal Times:
House passes bill to demote some TSA officers
July 23, 2014
A short quote of the article:
The Transportation Security Administration would have to evaluate its law enforcement officers and remove that classification from some under legislation passed by the House July 22.
The TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act would require the agency to reclassify any law enforcement officer who did not spend 50 percent of their time on law enforcement activity – and cut out the additional pay they receive.