2026年3月25日 / 美国东部时间下午5:25 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻援引多位消息人士的话报道，在全国范围内机场旅客出行受阻的部分政府停摆期间，白宫拒绝了亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克提出的为美国运输安全管理局（TSA）工作人员支付工资的提议。
一位消息人士称，特朗普政府官员曾认真考虑过这一建议，但由于马斯克拥有多项政府合同，他即使是间接支付工资也可能面临法律挑战。
另有消息人士表示，白宫官员认为部分停摆可能很快就会结束。
白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·利维特将停摆归咎于民主党人，并呼吁恢复资金。
“过去六周是民主党人导致了这一僵局，”利维特周三表示，”总统和共和党人的立场非常明确——为国土安全部提供资金。”
马斯克周六在X平台（原推特）上发文称：”我愿意在这场资金僵局期间支付TSA人员的工资，这场僵局正在对全国机场的众多美国人的生活产生负面影响。”
特朗普总统周一告诉记者：”我很乐意，我认为这很棒。让他这么做吧。”
两位消息人士表示，这笔费用约为2.5亿美元。
国土安全部发言人未立即置评；马斯克方面也未回应。
政府官员曾讨论马斯克是否可以将资金转入政府普通基金，再由基金用于支付员工工资。但根据美国政府道德办公室的规定，外部个人被法律禁止直接支付政府雇员的工资。
白宫发言人阿比盖尔·杰克逊告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻：”我们非常感谢埃隆的慷慨提议，但她补充道，’由于他与联邦政府合同的关系，这将面临巨大的法律挑战。确保TSA员工以及所有国土安全部员工获得工资的最快方式是民主党人资助国土安全部。”
自部分停摆开始以来，TSA工作人员即将错过第二份完整工资。他们唯一收到的工资是停摆初期的一半工资。
TSA代理负责人周三表示，截至周五，在这40天的停摆和去年秋天43天的停摆期间，机构员工的收入损失已达10亿美元。
克里斯汀·布朗和凯瑟琳·克鲁普尼克对此报道有贡献。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/white-house-rejects-elon-musk-offer-pay-tsa-workers/
White House turns down Elon Musk’s offer to pay TSA workers during DHS shutdown
March 25, 2026 / 5:25 PM EDT / CBS News
The White House has rejected an offer from billionaire Elon Musk to pay TSA workers during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted airport travelers across the country, several sources told CBS News.
The suggestion was taken seriously by Trump administration officials, but there could be legal challenges for Musk to cover the pay, even indirectly, because of Musk’s various government contracts, one source said.
Another reason: White House officials believe the partial shutdown is likely to end soon, according to sources.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed Democrats for the shutdown and called for the restoration of funding.
“It’s the Democrats who have led to this stalemate over the past six weeks,” Leavitt said Wednesday. “The president and the Republicans’ position has been very clear — fund the Department of Homeland Security.”
In a post on X Saturday, Musk wrote, “I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country.”
President Trump told reporters Monday, “I’d love it. I think it’s great. Let him do that.”
The cost would be about $250 million, two sources said.
Homeland Security spokespeople didn’t immediately comment; neither did Musk.
Administration officials had debated whether Musk could give the money to the government’s general fund, which could then be used to pay the workers. An outside individual is legally barred from paying government employees directly, according to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told CBS News, “We greatly appreciate Elon’s generous offer,” but she added, “This would pose great legal challenges due to his involvement with federal government contracts. The fastest way to ensure TSA employees — and all DHS employees — get paid is for Democrats to fund the Department of Homeland Security.”
TSA workers are about to miss their second full paycheck since the partial shutdown began. The only paycheck they have received was for half pay near the beginning of the shutdown.
The acting head of the TSA said Wednesday that as of Friday, agency employees will have lost a billion dollars in income over this 40-day shutdown and the 43-day shutdown last fall.
Kristin Brown and Kathryn Krupnik contributed to this report.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/white-house-rejects-elon-musk-offer-pay-tsa-workers/
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