Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is calling for the suspension of U.S. commercial flights to Cuba after the Transportation Security Administration admitted that there are no air marshals on flights.
At a Homeland Security subcommittee hearing Wednesday, TSA officials confirmed that an agreement sent to the Cuban government has not been signed and returned to U.S. officials.
In August, TSA released a statement stating the U.S. and Cuba reached an agreement allowing air marshals to travel undercover on certain flights to and from Cuba.
Rubio took to the Senate floor Wednesday to highlight the potential for terrorists to hijack flights to attack the U.S.
He called for a suspension of these flights "at least until adequate security measures are in place".
The revelation comes two weeks after commercial flights from the U.S. to Cuba resumed for the first time in 50 years.
