Norton Statement on TSA Agent Questioning Validity of D.C. Resident’s License

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today released the following statement upon learning that D.C. resident Ashley Brandt was initially prevented from boarding a flight because a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent wrongfully believed that a District of Columbia driver's license was an invalid form of identification.

"The rejection of Ashley Brandt's D.C. driver's license by TSA because D.C. is not a state has moved collective insult to personal injury. The daily disrespect of requiring D.C. residents to pay up on April 15 without a vote in the House or the Senate has now been dramatically personified in the insult to one of our own. I will be contacting TSA to make sure their agents have the appropriate information about the jurisdictions of the United States. This afternoon, I hope to reach Ms. Brandt, a preschool teacher in the District, to offer an apology and to inform her that we are taking corrective action."

Published: February 26, 2014