(The Center Square) – The Department of Homeland Security will issue $10,000 bonus checks to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents who demonstrated “exemplary” behavior and work attendance during the government shutdown.

“For the last 43 days, we have been dealing with a government shutdown that has dramatically impacted the lives of the American people,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday. “What I’m so proud of though … is the outstanding patriotism and service of our TSA officers and officials that stepped up every single day to make sure that those individuals at our airports and in our transportation system continued to be safe.”

TSA agents – who along with thousands of other “essential” federal employees have worked without pay for the past six weeks – are respons

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