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House Democrats Re-Introduce DHS Reform Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, July 2nd, 2021

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House Democrats Re-Introduce DHS Reform Bill

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.

Most Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee last Friday re-introduced legislation that they said is aimed at eliminating the politicization of the Department of Homeland Security by improving accountability and transparency. “Under former President Trump, DHS became the face of his most extreme and politicized policies,” the Democrats, led by Bennie Thompson (Miss.), chairman of the committee, said in a statement. “This has damaged the department’s ability to address its national security mission while also eroding workforce morale and…

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