'It's absurd': Congress takes bipartisan action after Cuban officials' tour secure parts of major airport

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FIRST ON FOX: Florida lawmakers in both the House and the Senate are moving to ban officials from terror-sponsoring countries from viewing sensitive areas of airports, after outrage over a tour of Miami International Airport by officials of the communist Cuban regime.

Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are introducing legislation in the House and Senate, first seen by Fox News Digital, that would prohibit countries designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism from touring sensitive parts of airports. It would block the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from permitting access to secure areas to officials of such governments.

Co-sponsors of this bill are Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., and Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla.

‘INSULT TO INJURY’: FLORIDA LAWMAKERS ERUPT OVER CUBAN OFFICIALS TOURING SECURE PARTS OF TOP AIRPORT

The Secure Airports From Enemies (SAFE) Act’s introduction comes after a tour last month by Cuban officials. CBS News Miami reported that officials said the five-hour tour involved a tour of sensitive areas of the airport, a security checkpoint and a baggage screen area.

The tour brought outrage from Republicans, as well as some Democrats in the state.

"President Biden & Secretary Mayorkas granted agents of the Castro regime access to our sensitive TSA facilities at