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Secret Service Welcomes Veteran Special Agent Ronald Rowe as Deputy Director
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ronald L. Rowe Jr. has been named Deputy Director of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS). His tenure will begin in the coming months, marking the latest step in a career with the agency that began in 1999. Rowe replaces outgoing Deputy Director Faron Paramore, who will retire after dedicating more than three decades of service to the agency and its protectees.
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Senate Passes Peters, Collins, Carper & Murkowski Bipartisan Legislation to Extend Federal Support for Local Fire Departments
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Susan Collins (R-ME), Tom Carper (D-DE), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to extend federal programs that help support local fire departments across the...
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Florida Man Admits Buying Gift Cards with Stolen Bank Account Information
News Release: ST. LOUIS A man from Florida caught with more than $12,000 in Walmart gift cards that hed bought using stolen bank account information pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal felony.
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Northwood Man Sentenced for Defrauding U.S. Taxpayers
News Release: CONCORD A Northwood man was sentenced today in federal court for attempting to fraudulently obtain over $6 million in CARES Act funds from the United States government, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.
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Rogers Remarks at FY24 Budget Hearing for the National Science Foundation (As Prepared)
Release: Good morning. The Subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare recesses at any time. I would like to welcome everyone to our hearing on the Fiscal Year 2024 budget request for the National Science Foundation. Thank you to our Subcommittee Members and to our...
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Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas' Testimony to Committee on Homeland Security on the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security
News Release: Chairman Green, Ranking Member Thompson, and distinguished Members of the Committee...
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Dr. Paul The Hill Op-Ed: Department of Homeland Security’s COVID Censorship Problem
News Release: In a new op-ed for The Hill, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discussed the Department of Homeland Security’s concerning record of censoring free speech regarding COVID-19.
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ICYMI: Homeland Security Committee Republicans Press Mayorkas over Department Failures
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - During yesterday’s hearing to consider the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) FY24 Budget, Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his Department’s dangerous...
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Dr. Paul Stresses Importance of Investigating COVID-19 Origins to DHS Secretary
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered opening remarks during a hearing titled “The FY24 DHS Budget: Resources and Authorities Requested to Protect and Secure the Homeland." During the hearing, Dr. Paul stressed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, the Department’s continued refusal to investigate the origins of COVID-19.
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Peters, Hawley, Thompson, Garbarino Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Expand Mental Health Support for DHS Law Enforcement
News Release: DETROIT, MI - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced bipartisan legislation to increase mental health resources for law enforcement personnel at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The legislation...
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Man arrested after TSA detects gun at Pittsburgh Airport checkpoint
Release: PITTSBURGH, Pa. A man from Arkansas was arrested by police on Tuesday, April 18, after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) stopped him with a handgun in his carry-on bag. The 9 mm firearm was not loaded, however two gun magazines were packed alongside the gun with 16 bullets in them.
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Install of computed tomography screening technology underway at HVN TSA checkpoint
Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) is installing two new state-of-the-art advanced technology computed tomography (CT) checkpoint scanners.
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Peters Convenes Hearing with Secretary Mayorkas to Discuss Resources Needed by DHS to Address Challenges and Security Threats
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas to examine what resources and authorities DHS needs to address evolving and persistent...
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Queen City Motors Owner Sentenced for $783,000 Fraud Scheme
News Release: Used Customers Stolen Identity Information to Obtain Fraudulent Loan Funds
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TSA at Hagerstown Regional Airport installs two new technologies that enhance checkpoint screening capabilities
Release: HAGERSTOWN, Md. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has installed two new technology units to enhance screening capabilities of travelers and their belongings at the security checkpoint. A new credential authentication technology (CAT) unit and computed tomography scanner are now in use at the airports checkpoint.
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Secret Service Welcomes Veteran Special Agent Ronald Rowe as Deputy Director
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ronald L. Rowe Jr. has been named Deputy Director of the U.S. Secret Service (USSS). His tenure will begin in the coming months, marking the latest step in a career with the agency that began in 1999. Rowe replaces outgoing Deputy Director Faron Paramore, who will retire after dedicating more than three decades of service to the agency and its protectees.
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New Braunfels Men Plead Guilty to Selling Misbranded Drugs
News Release: SAN ANTONIO Two New Braunfels men pleaded guilty in a federal court in San Antonio to selling non-controlled but dangerous substances through the mail.
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Final Defendant Sentenced for Million-Dollar Credit Card Fraud Scheme Involving Arlington Coffee Shop
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. Two Washington D.C. women and a Clinton, Maryland, man were sentenced for their roles in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud.
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North Carolina Men Sentenced To Prison For Transporting Fraudulently Obtained Phones Out Of State
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. Two North Carolina family members, Lal H. Mahtani, 58, of Statesville and Vivek Ramesh Mahtani, 41, of Cornelius were sentenced yesterday in federal court before Judge Kenneth D. Bell for conspiring to transport fraudulently obtained and stolen new Apple iPhones and other electronic devices to buyers in other states and overseas, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
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Aderholt Remarks at FY24 Budget and Oversight Hearing for the ASPR, CDC and NIH (As Prepared)
Release: Good morning. The Subcommittee will come to order.