Tsa Personnel Workplace Improvement Act of 2020

Floor Speech

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 5811, the TSA Personnel Workplace Improvement Act of 2020. This bipartisan legislation, championed by Representative John Katko, will make important enhancements to the workplace rights of TSA employees, in particular, women and nursing mothers.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline personnel of the Transportation Security Administration have continued to serve the traveling public to keep our Nation's transportation system secure. At a time when the criticality of the TSA personnel is so clearly demonstrated, we, in Congress, have an opportunity with this bill to express appreciation for their services.

H.R. 5811 requires the administrator to ensure that employees have access to safe, clean, and free lactation facilities for an appropriate amount of time. It requires TSA to coordinate with National Institutes for Health to ensure that lactation facilities meet necessary standards. Finally, this legislation will ensure paid family leave for the entire TSA workforce.

Mr. Speaker, this corrects an oversight in last year's NDAA that provided paid family leave to the rest of the Federal workforce. I thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Katko) for his leadership on this important legislation. I also thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Correa) for his support of this bipartisan legislation.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

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Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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