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U.S. Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced members that will serve on the committee’s subcommittees in the 118th Congress
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PETERS STATEMENT ON POSTAL SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT TO EXPAND ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEET
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement after an announcement today from the United States Postal Service (USPS) saying they intend to move forward with awards to modernize and electrify the postal delivery vehicle fleet:
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PETERS URGES SENATE TO CONFIRM ARCHIVIST NOMINEE
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, convened a hearing where he urged the Senate to confirm Dr. Colleen Shogan as Archivist of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
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PETERS, COLLINS, CARPER & MURKOWSKI INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION TO EXTEND FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS
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) introduced bipartisan legislation to extend federal programs that help support local fire departments across the country.
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Homeland Members Demand Briefing on Possible Surveillance of Homeland Equities by CCP Spy Balloon
Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX) led the Subcommittee members in calling for a briefing from NORAD and DHS on the possible compromising of homeland equities by the Chinese surveillance balloon that infiltrated U.S. airspace for several days in early February and was capable of conducting intelligence collection operations.
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FACTSHEET: Biden’s DHS Touts Win in January But the Numbers Say Otherwise
Despite Biden’s Department of Homeland Security celebrating lower migrant encounter numbers last month, CBP had over 156,000 migrant encounters along the Southwest border in January. Don’t be fooled: while the monthly encounter numbers were lower than the previous month, over 156,000 encounters is not a good month.
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Full Committee Hearing: “Every State is a Border State: Examining Secretary Mayorkas’ Border Crisis”
Full Committee Hearing: “Every State is a Border State: Examining Secretary Mayorkas’ Border Crisis”
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Chairman Green: We Cannot Allow Cyber Red-Tape to Strangle Industry
Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) released the following statement on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee’s (NSTAC) report to President Biden.
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Chairman Green Announces First Full Committee Hearing on the Impact of Biden & Mayorkas’ Border Crisis on American Communities
House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) announced the first Full Committee hearing of the 118th Congress, which will focus on the widespread and debilitating impact President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas’ border crisis is having on communities across the United States of America.
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Chairman Green Leads Homeland Security Members on First Trip to Southwest Border
This week Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) is leading the new and returning members of the House Homeland Security Committee on a “border bootcamp” to the border in El Paso, Texas to get a firsthand look at and be briefed on the daily operations of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and Texas State law enforcement partners during President Biden’s current border crisis.
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Former FBI Special Agent Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison for Accepting Bribes Paid by Attorney Linked to Organized Crime Figure
A former FBI special agent was sentenced today to 72 months in federal prison for conspiring to accept at least $150,000 in cash bribes and other items of value in exchange for providing sensitive law enforcement information to a corrupt attorney with ties to Armenian organized crime.
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Colorado Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Role in Money Laundering Conspiracy
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Jason Lee Henderson, age 36, formerly of Wray, Colorado, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison for conspiring to commit money laundering.
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Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office Press Release
District Attorney Brian Middleton announced today that Robin Laschae Williams, 32, was arrested for the alleged theft of $30,000 to $150,000 in COVID19 relief and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster funds.
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Morgan City Woman Convicted by Lafayette Jury of Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud
Karen Hawkins Gier, 53, of Morgan City, Louisiana, was convicted yesterday afternoon by a
federal jury of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown. United
States District Judge James D. Cain, Jr. presided over the trial this week.
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Documented gang member sent to prison for sex trafficking
A 24-year-old man who resided in Houston and grew up near Crosby has been ordered to federal
prison for trafficking a minor and another for sex, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
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Spokane Resident Pleads Guilty to Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $50,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funds
Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced today that Natasha Ann Opsal, 41, of Spokane, Washington, has pleaded guilty to felony charges of fraudulently obtaining more than $50,000 in COVID-19 relief funds.
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Springfield Man Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Wire Fraud in Connection with Fraudulent Scheme to Obtain Pandemic Unemployment Benefits
United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that Chaz Ryan Watkins, age 35, of Springfield, Louisiana, pled guilty before U.S. Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick to wire fraud in connection with a fraudulent scheme to obtain pandemic unemployment benefits.
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FEMA Awards Over $1 Million to State of New Hampshire for COVID Ventilator Costs
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1 million to the State of New Hampshire to reimburse the state for the cost of providing ventilators for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
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DHS Awards $350 Million for Humanitarian Assistance Through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program
Department of Homeland Security, through FEMA, announced it will publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $350 million under the humanitarian portion of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP-H) to help local communities around the country better manage the costs of noncitizen arrivals in their communities
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Federal Disaster Assistance for Georgia Storms Tops $7 Million
Six weeks after a ferocious line of thunderstorms and tornadoes crossed Georgia, more than $7.48 million in federal disaster assistance was approved for homeowners, renters and businesses that were affected.
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