TSA head: Expect more airport security delays despite funds

CHICAGO (AP) — The head of the Transportation Security Administration warned travelers Friday to expect long airport security lines to continue during the peak summer travel season despite Congress' shifting of $34 million to the agency.

Peter Neffenger briefed officials in Chicago on Friday about efforts to address crushing delays in getting passengers through security checkpoints at major airports around the country.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin acknowledged some of the things Congress has done to cap the number of screeners and limit resources were unfair, but he said TSA has a responsibility to manage its limited resources effectively.

To reduce lines, TSA had also been randomly placing passengers from the regular screening lanes into the faster PreCheck lanes in a program called Managed Inclusion but stopped in the fall after government auditors found lapses in security.