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AIN Blog: Mica Gains Allies in Goal To Reform TSA
Rep. John Mica seeks to eliminate his "bastard child," the TSA.
Rep. John Mica wants to remove the TSA from the DHS and relocate the agency to the Department of Transportation.
Rep. John Mica wants to remove the TSA from the DHS and relocate the agency to the Department of Transportation.

The self-admitted “father” of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is driving another nail in the coffin of his “bastard child.” But this time he has other House chairmen and subcommittee chairmen working with him.

Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.), who heads the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who heads the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, ordered their Republican investigative staffs to review the performance of the much-maligned TSA.