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As travel disruptions deepen and senators race to clinch a proposal to end the Homeland Security shutdown, House lawmakers are holding a hearing at 10 a.m. ET<\/a> to discuss the impacts of the funding lapse.<\/p>\n Senators are chasing a deal that would fund much of the department<\/a>, including Transportation Security Administration workers going without pay, but exclude immigration operations that have been core to the dispute.<\/p>\n Acting TSA administrator Ha Nguyen McNeill said multiple airports are experiencing greater than 40% callout rates, according to prepared remarks she\u2019ll give at the hearing. She is also expected to tell lawmakers of the personal toll the shutdown has had on TSA workers who \u201care running out of options to keep a roof over their head and put food on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n As U.S. airports remain jammed with long lines<\/a> due to short staffing at TSA, President Donald Trump ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to provide airport security<\/a>, alarming some lawmakers. At least 458 TSA officers have quit altogether, according to DHS.<\/p>\n Here’s the latest:<\/p>\n The top executive overseeing Houston airports says security lines that have travelers waiting four hours or more could get even longer if the political impasse that\u2019s keeping TSA agents without pay isn\u2019t resolved soon.<\/p>\n The lines that twist and turn across multiple floors at George Bush Intercontinental Airport stem from TSA being able to staff only one-third to one-half the usual number of checkpoint lines during the busy spring travel season, said Jim Szczesniak, aviation director for Houston\u2019s airport system.<\/p>\n \u201cI want you to know we see it,\u201d Szczesniak said in an online video Tuesday. \u201cWe see the families arriving early and waiting for hours. We see missed flights. We see missed moments: weddings, vacation, time with loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n Szczesniak said hundreds of airport employees \u201cfrom finance to IT to maintenance\u201d have been temporarily reassigned to help manage lines.<\/p>\n But he warned: \u201cThis is not sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe worry conditions will only get worse at airports across the U.S. until Congress ends this shutdown,\u201d Szczesniak said.<\/p>\n A woman in Indiana who put off dental surgery because she doesn\u2019t know if she can afford the copay. A Florida couple with young children who are depleting their savings. A grandmother in Idaho who plans to sell her car to pay the rent.<\/p>\n They are among the tens of thousands of Transportation Security Administration officers set to receive another $0 paycheck this week. A dispute in Congress<\/a> over funding the Department of Homeland Security has held up their salaries since mid-February. With monthly bills coming due, many of these federal employees, who screen passengers and luggage at airports across the U.S., are making difficult choices about how to make ends meet.<\/p>\n \u201cStop asking me about the long lines. Ask me if somebody\u2019s gonna eat today,\u201d Hydrick Thomas, president of the national American Federation of Government Employees union council that represents TSA employees, told reporters Tuesday.<\/p>\n