By Adam Pack | 福克斯新闻
发布于 2026 年 3 月 17 日 美国东部时间下午 3:00
代理运输安全管理局（TSA）副局长亚当·斯塔尔讨论了部分政府停摆对 TSA 特工的严重影响，这些特工正在无薪工作。
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佐治亚州民主党参议员乔恩·奥索夫（Jon Ossoff）正试图将责任归咎于共和党人，尽管国土安全部（DHS）停摆已开始扰乱他所在州的航空旅行，而他本人却多次投票反对拨款法案。
奥索夫被广泛认为是寻求连任的最弱势民主党现任议员，在为期 32 天的部分停摆期间，他似乎采纳了纽约州民主党参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默（Chuck Schumer）的强硬策略。这位佐治亚州议员与几乎所有民主党人一起，多次投票反对全年国土安全部拨款法案，因为该党要求对移民执法进行改革，以换取对该机构拨款的支持。
随着停摆开始对全球最大的哈茨菲尔德-杰克逊亚特兰大国际机场造成严重破坏，奥索夫几乎没有表现出与党内分歧以结束资金短缺的迹象。相反，他选择将当前僵局归咎于共和党人。
“参议院共和党人多次阻止通过为运输安全管理局（TSA）、联邦紧急事务管理局（FEMA）、海岸警卫队和关键机构提供资金的法案，”奥索夫的发言人告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。”共和党人应该停止反对这一常识性提案。”
停摆引发航班混乱，TSA 排队等候时间延长至 3 小时或更久
共和党人一直否决民主党试图在为国土安全部非移民职能提供资金的同时，拒绝为移民和海关执法局（ICE）及海关与边境保护局（CBP）拨款的尝试。然而，参议院共和党人坚持认为，随着该国面临恐怖威胁增加，所有国土安全部员工必须照常工作并领取薪水。
佐治亚州共和党人试图将奥索夫与哈茨菲尔德-杰克逊机场的旅行混乱联系起来。
“正是因为乔恩·奥索夫（Jon Ossoff）在这里大发脾气，拒绝支付 TSA 工作人员的工资以使其履行职责，”佐治亚州共和党主席乔什·麦库恩（Josh McKoon）告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。”这家伙假装自己支持普通劳动者，却剥夺了他们照顾家人的能力。”
哈茨菲尔德-杰克逊机场周二上午报告称，由于运输安全管理局（TSA）员工短缺导致运营放缓，安检通道平均等待时间达 2 小时。许多 TSA 员工无法承受错过薪水的后果，他们周五未收到工资，在停摆期间也不会获得报酬。
肖恩·达菲敦促民主党人”清醒过来”，称 TSA 人员短缺破坏机场运营
哈茨菲尔德-杰克逊机场周一还因恶劣天气加剧了人员紧张，导致超过 500 架航班取消。白宫上周宣布，自 2 月中旬停摆开始以来，已有至少 300 名 TSA 员工辞职。
麦库恩告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，奥索夫在国土安全部停摆期间的立场可能会在 11 月大选前拖累他的竞选活动。
“我只是认为，在选举时，这一套说辞不会被人们接受，”麦库恩说。”他说，’好吧，我希望你不得不排队等候、错过航班，甚至可能……失去工作，因为我想坚定地站在我的好朋友——非法移民罪犯——一边，以此作为政治表态。’”
麦库恩还辩称，奥索夫在国土安全部停摆问题上的立场与其过去一年在重大立法中坚持党内路线的决定一致。奥索夫在 2025 年底支持民主党关于医保法案补贴到期的停摆策略，此外还投票反对共和党提出的《一揽子美好法案》（One Big Beautiful Bill Act）以及禁止男性参加女子体育赛事的法案。
佐治亚州共和党众议员迈克·柯林斯（Mike Collins）和巴迪·卡特（Buddy Carter），以及前田纳西大学橄榄球教练德里克·杜利（Derek Dooley）正在角逐 5 月的三人大选，以晋级普选并对阵奥索夫。唐纳德·特朗普总统尚未做出 endorsement。
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几位面临激烈连任挑战的弱势民主党众议员也将当前国土安全部资金短缺归咎于共和党人，尽管他们曾投票反对两党为该机构提供资金的法案。今年 3 月初，只有四名民主党众议员跨党派试图结束僵局。
“为什么特朗普和国会共和党人如此决心保护 ICE 危险且混乱的现状，以至于他们愿意牺牲 TSA、特勤局、FEMA 和海岸警卫队？”俄亥俄州民主党众议员格雷格·兰兹曼（Greg Landsman）告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“我们今天就能结束这场停摆，我们应该这么做，”德克萨斯州民主党众议员文森特·冈萨雷斯（Vicente Gonzalez）说。”这只需要国会共和党人停止阻挠民主党单独为国土安全部职能提供资金的努力，并与我们合作，约束鲁莽的移民政策。”
预计兰兹曼和冈萨雷斯将支持民主党人在未来几周内推动对一项不含移民执法资金的国土安全部拨款法案进行投票的努力。
Jon Ossoff blames Republicans for DHS shutdown despite opposing funding bills | Fox News
By Adam Pack | Fox News
Published March 17, 2026 3:00pm EDT
Acting Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl discusses the severe impact of the partial government shutdown on TSA agents, who are working without pay.
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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., is seeking to pin the blame on Republicans as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown begins to snarl air travel in his state despite repeatedly voting against funding bills.
Ossoff, who is widely viewed as the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent running for re-election, has appeared to embrace Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s, D-N.Y., hardball tactics during the 32-day partial shutdown. The Georgia lawmaker has joined nearly all Democrats in repeatedly voting against full-year DHS funding bills as the party demands reforms to immigration enforcement in exchange for their support for funding the agency.
With the shutdown beginning to wreak havoc on Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport — the world’s largest — Ossoff is showing few signs of breaking ranks with his party to end the funding lapse. Rather, he has chosen to blame Republicans for the current impasse.
“Senate Republicans have blocked multiple attempts to pass legislation to fund TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard, and key agencies,” an Ossoff spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “Republicans should stop objecting to this common-sense proposal.”
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Republicans have consistently shot down Democrats’ attempts to withhold appropriations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) while funding the non-immigration functions of DHS. However, Senate Republicans insist that all DHS employees must be paid and report to work as the nation faces a rise in terror threats.
Georgia Republicans have sought to tie Ossoff to the travel disruptions at the Hartsfield-Jackson airport.
“It’s because of this temper tantrum being thrown by Jon Ossoff, who is refusing to pay TSA workers to do their jobs,” Georgia Republican Party chairman Josh McKoon told Fox News Digital. “This guy pretends to be for the average working person while he deprives them of the ability to take care of their families.”
The Hartsfield-Jackson airport reported security checkpoint wait times averaging two hours Tuesday morning as a shortage of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees has slowed operations. TSA employees, many of whom cannot afford to miss a paycheck, did not receive their salary on Friday and will not be paid for the remainder of the shutdown.
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The Hartsfield-Jackson airport also experienced more than 500 cancellations Monday as severe weather exacerbated staffing constraints. At least 300 TSA employees have quit their posts since the shutdown began in mid-February, the White House announced last week.
McKoon told Fox News Digital that Ossoff’s posture during the DHS shutdown could be a drag on his campaign heading into November.
“I just don’t think that’s something that’s going to wash for people at election time,” McKoon said. “For him to say, ‘Well, I wanted you to have to wait in lines and miss your flight and potentially … lose your employment, because I wanted to make a political point standing firmly with my good friend: the illegal alien criminal.”
McKoon also argued that Ossoff’s position on the DHS shutdown is in line with the incumbent senator’s decision to toe the party line on major pieces of legislation over the past year. Ossoff aligned himself with Democrats’ shutdown strategy over expiring Obamacare premium subsidies in late 2025 — in addition to voting against Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act and legislation prohibiting biological males from participating in women’s sports.
Reps. Mike Collins and Buddy Carter, R-Ga., and former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley are vying in a three-way primary contest in May to advance to the general election and face Ossoff. President Donald Trump has yet to make an endorsement.
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Several vulnerable House Democrats facing competitive re-election challenges are also holding Republicans responsible for the current DHS funding lapse, despite voting against bipartisan legislation to fund the agency. Just four House Democrats crossed party lines in an attempt to end the standoff earlier in March.
“Why are Trump and congressional Republicans so determined to protect the dangerous and chaotic status quo of ICE that they’re willing to screw over TSA, the Secret Service, FEMA, and the Coast Guard?” Rep. Greg Landsman, D-Ohio, told Fox News Digital.
“We could end this shutdown today, and we should,” Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, said. “All it takes is for congressional Republicans to stop blocking Democrats’ efforts to individually fund DHS functions and work with us to rein in reckless immigration policies.”
Both Landsman and Gonzalez are expected to support a Democratic effort to force a vote on a DHS appropriations measure minus funding for immigration enforcement in the coming weeks.
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