Press Release : Homeland Security

Elon Musk and President Trump are making life harder for middle-class families by freezing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds they desperately need following flooding, tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes, and other major disasters. They have already illegally frozen $10 billion in disaster aid, and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told President Trump in a cabinet meeting: “We’re going to eliminate FEMA.” Additionally, on Friday, the Trump administration canceled FEMA’s lifesaving Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grant program making their end goal crystal clear: destroy FEMA and leave States and territories on their own for the next disaster.

Today, House Committee on Appropriations Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), House Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), House Committee on Financial Services Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA), and House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement on new reports indicating that the Trump Administration is planning to strip the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of key functions—including helping communities in need to rebuild after natural disasters. Just this week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told President Trump in a cabinet meeting: “We’re going to eliminate FEMA.”

WASHINGTON — House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), Homeland Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray (WA), and Homeland Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Chris Murphy (CT) released the following statement on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem ending the collective bargaining agreement with tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA):

House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) released the following statement on the introduction of a funding bill to avert a government shutdown.

Today, Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, alongside several education, environmental, labor, and public health advocates, experts, and community leaders, discussed the dire consequences of the House Republican majority’s dangerous spending cuts and the harmful and discriminatory policy riders throughout all 12 fiscal year 2025 funding bills.

Today, the House passed Republicans’ 2025 Homeland Security funding bill that squanders billions of dollars on useless, ineffective border and enforcement measures while disregarding the threats presented by terrorists, transnational criminals, foreign adversaries, and violent extremists.

During today’s House Appropriations Committee markup of the 2025 Homeland Security funding bill, House Democrats highlighted how the bill squanders billions of dollars on useless, ineffective border and enforcement measures while disregarding the threats presented by terrorists, transnational criminals, foreign adversaries, and violent extremists. House Democrats were united in their opposition to the legislation.

WASHINGTON — During today’s House Appropriations Subcommittee markup of the 2025 Homeland Security funding bill, House Democrats highlighted how the bill creates chaos at the border, weakens America’s national security, and fails to protect Americans from terrorism and violent extremists.