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Public press releases: House Committee on Homeland Security publishes 58 in March

There were 58 press releases published by the House Committee on Homeland Security in March.



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Carter Remarks at FY24 Budget Hearing for Army Military Construction and Family Housing (As Prepared)

Release: Good afternoon. Welcome. Today’s hearing is on the Army’s fiscal year 2024 budget request for military construction and family housing. It is a great pleasure to be here today with the Honorable Rachel Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy, and Environment and Lieutenant...



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Diaz-Balart Remarks at FY24 Budget Hearing for the Department of State (As Prepared)

Release: Mr. Secretary, thank you for being here today to discuss the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Department of State, and thank you for your service to our country.


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Womack Remarks at FY24 Budget and Oversight Hearing for President Biden’s Budget Request and Economic Outlook (As Prepared)

Release: The Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government will come to order. Welcome to our first subcommittee hearing of the 118th Congress.


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Harris Remarks at FY24 Budget Hearing for the Food and Drug Administration (As Prepared)

Release: I want to thank everyone for joining us today as we review the Food and Drug Administration’s fiscal year 2024 budget request. Our witness is the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Robert Califf.


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At Hearing, Dr. Paul Addresses The Dangers Of The Government’s Heavy Hand In Drug Shortages

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, outlined the need to remove burdensome regulations in the drug manufacturing industry at a full committee hearing titled “Drug Shortage Health and National Security Risks: Underlying Causes and Needed Reforms.”


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Dr. Paul Stresses Need To Overhaul Government Classification Process And Increase Transparency

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, stressed the urgent need to fix the government’s classification processes at a committee hearing titled “Modernizing the Government’s Classification System.


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Peters Report Finds Continued Shortages Of Medications Present Significant Health And National Security Risk

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released a new report detailing the results of his investigation into continued shortages of critical medications. T


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Peters Convenes Hearing On Modernizing And Improving Federal Government’s Classification And Declassification System

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing to examine cybersecurity threats facing the healthcare sector and how the federal government and health care providers are working to prevent breaches.


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Peters, Collins, Carper & Murkowski Bipartisan Legislation To Extend Federal Support To Fire Departments Advances In Senate

Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), 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 country has advanced in the Senate.


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Peters Convenes Hearing To Examine Cybersecurity Risks To The Healthcare Sector

U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing to discuss the federal government’s process for classifying and declassifying information, as well as how Congress can modernize the federal classification system to help streamline this process.


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Peters And Hawley Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Help Secure Open Source Software

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 help protect federal and critical infrastructure systems by strengthening the security of open source software.


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Peters & Cassidy Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill To Save Taxpayer Dollars By Improving How Federal Agencies Purchase Software

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) reintroduced bipartisan legislation to save taxpayer dollars by improving management of how the federal government purchases and uses software.


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Chairman Green Issues Statement on IRGC-Connected Drone Attack in Syria

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement regarding an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-connected drone attack on a coalition base in Syria, which killed an American contractor.


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Gimenez Delivers Opening Statement in Subcommittee Hearing on Securing America’s Maritime Border

House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Chairman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) delivered the following opening statement during a hearing on securing our nation’s maritime border in the midst of the self-made crisis caused by the Biden administration’s reckless policies.


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Garbarino Delivers Opening Remarks for Subcommittee Hearing on the State of American Cyber Security

House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) delivered the following opening remarks in a hearing to evaluate the state of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the Department of Homeland Security through the lens of the Committee’s CISA 2025 initiative.


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Chairman Green, Bishop, Pfluger Demand Answers on Possible Violations of Americans’ Civil Liberties from the Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Intelligence Program

Following reports of possible violations of Americans’ civil liberties in a domestic intelligence program run by the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN), Oversight, Accountability, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC), and Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Subcommittee Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) sent a letter toDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, demanding answers and a Congressional briefing on the department’s Overt Human Intelligence Collection Program.