It is (the transport safety authority) TSA's highest priority to ensure that you have as pleasant and efficient an airport experience as possible while keeping you safe, says Noem and looks straight into the camera.
But the Democrats in Congress refuse to fund the government apparatus and it affects our operations.
The video is shown on TSA-controlled monitors at airports in, among other places, Detroit in Michigan and in Bismarck in North Dakota, writes CNN.
But many other major airports – such as those in Las Vegas, Miami, Seattle, Portland, Cleveland and Los Angeles – have stopped the film. This mainly with reference to the Hatch Act from 1939 which stipulates that federally employed personnel must ensure that the authorities' operations are non-political, writes Axios.
We believe that the Hatch Act clearly prohibits the use of public funds for political purposes and messages, says Molly Prescott, spokesperson for the organization that runs Portland International Airport, to The Washington Post.
The shutdown of the government apparatus has been going on since October 1 and is due to the fact that the Republicans and the Democrats in Congress have not been able to agree on a new government budget before the broken budget year expired on the last day of September. Many TSA employees are working anyway without pay since they, like air traffic controllers, are considered to have socially critical tasks.
