And seriously too also
Out of about 230,000 employees of DHS, I hear about 200,000 are designated "essential" and will get/have to work no matter what. Rest easy: Travelers will be groped by the TSA no matter what. Our national security depends on groping air travellers.
Thing is, TSA agents will be groping without pay. So if you're groped by the TSA, you'll either be groped by somebody who's really pissed to be there groping you. Or by somebody who's groping you as a labor of love.
Thanks, Obama!