Members of Colorado's Congressional delegation send letter to TSA, push for solutions to security lines at Denver International Airport

The holiday season is fast approaching, which means travelers will be heading to airports across the country including one of the busiest: Denver International Airport. Security lines at Denver's airport can get long and stressful around the holidays and some Colorado lawmakers are looking to change that. 

They want to make sure that your holiday travel isn't spent waiting through long security lines that can wrap around baggage claim and have you in line for more than an hour.

This week Democrats Rep. Diana DeGette of the 1st Congressional District, Rep. Joe Neguse of the 2nd Congressional District,  Rep. Jason Crow of the 6th Congressional District, Rep. Brittany Pettersen of the 7th Congressional District and Rep. Yadira Caraveo of the 8th Congressional District plus Republican Rep. Ken Buck of the 4th Congressional District joined Sen. John Hickenlooper and Sen. Michael Bennet, both Democrats, to send a letter to the Transportation Security Administration pushing for solutions to the travel headaches.

According to airport officials, as of August more than 50 million people have come through TSA checkpoints. That's an increase of more than 13% from this time last year.

The letter states the airport is on track to see 78 million passengers this year, which is 5 million more than expected.

In the letter, the lawmakers say "At the moment, DEN does not have the necessary TSA roles to meet this demand, which has resulted in longer than expected wait times for security lines."

They say the TSA allocated fewer roles for the airport now than it did in 2019 when passenger volume was lower.