McGowan Calls on DeMint to Stop Blocking a vote on TSA Director

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Tuesday December 29, 2009 · 10:11 AM PST

2009/12/29 · 10:11

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Chad McGowan today called on Senator Jim DeMint to stop blocking the confirmation of a proven counter-terrorism expert for Director of the Transportation Security Administration.

"Jim DeMint is putting his partisan agenda ahead of our safety," McGowan said. "This is not the time to have nobody in charge of America's air security. Terrorists don't care if we're republicans or democrats-they only care that we're Americans. Senator Demint needs to understand that."

Erroll Southers was nominated for the TSA directorship in September, four months ago. In spite of massive bi-partisan support, Southers' nomination has been held up since then due to a procedural hold by Senator DeMint.

"DeMint needs to stop playing Washington politics and let this nomination come to a vote, now, today. We should never place a political agenda over our families' safety. That's just irresponsible-and dangerous. " McGowan said.

Southers is a former FBI special agent and is currently assistant chief for homeland security and intelligence at the Los Angeles Airport. He also is the associate director of the University of Southern California's Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, and he served as a deputy director of homeland security for California's Republican Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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