Hearing Goes Off the Rails as Mullin, DeLauro Trade Heated Jabs

A House Appropriations Committee hearing erupted into a shouting match Thursday as Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) traded jabs during an exchange over border security and migrant children.

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Three shutdowns later, Trump signs bill that finishes funding the government

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a bill Thursday that will fund almost every agency in the Department of Homeland Security for the next five months, ending the shutdown that began in mid-February. The House approved the bill, which doesn’t include additional spending on Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Border Patrol, on a voice […]

House approves bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security and end the record shutdown

The House has voted to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security and bring an end to the longest agency shutdown in history. The bipartisan package had already passed the Senate and it now goes to President Donald Trump. The Trump administration had warned that temporary funds to pay Transportation Security Administration and other personnel would “soon run out” if Congress failed to act.…

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Lee Zeldin Infuriates Purple-Haired Democrat While He Schools Her On Basic Supreme Court Cases

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin fired back at Democratic Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro on Monday while she tried to lecture him on climate change.

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Interior’s Burgum accused of ‘kneecapping’ wind and solar power in favor of oil, gas

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the Trump administration’s approach to energy production Monday, as Democrats on a U.S. House Appropriations panel accused the department of kowtowing to oil and gas interests at the expense of renewable energy. Burgum said President Donald Trump’s administration aimed to ease regulatory burdens on oil and gas producers, and said […]

Interior’s Burgum accused of ‘kneecapping’ wind and solar power in favor of oil, gas

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the Trump administration’s approach to energy production Monday, as Democrats on a U.S. House Appropriations panel accused the department of kowtowing to oil and gas interests at the expense of renewable energy. Burgum said President Donald Trump’s administration aimed to ease regulatory burdens on oil and gas producers, and said […]

Catholic congressional Dems rebuke Mike Johnson’s biblical defense of ICE

�� Their Friday (Feb. 13) statement, led by Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, outlines a series of Catholic social teaching principles that the lawmakers say they consider when approaching immigration issues.

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Shutdown looms for FEMA, Coast Guard, TSA with stalemate over Homeland Security funds

WASHINGTON — Leaders from several agencies within the Department of Homeland Security testified before a U.S. House panel Wednesday about how a shutdown would affect the programs they oversee, though Democrats argued the hearing was a “show” that wasn’t going to get lawmakers any closer to agreement on constraints to federal immigration enforcement. Congress has […]

Shutdown looms for FEMA, Coast Guard, TSA with stalemate over Homeland Security funds

WASHINGTON — Leaders from several agencies within the Department of Homeland Security testified before a U.S. House panel Wednesday about how a shutdown would affect the programs they oversee, though Democrats argued the hearing was a “show” that wasn’t going to get lawmakers any closer to agreement on constraints to federal immigration enforcement. Congress has […]

‘It is astonishing’: Congress rebuffs Trump push to slash $33B from health, human services

WASHINGTON — Congress has approved the first public health funding bill since President Donald Trump began his second term, with lawmakers largely rejecting his proposed spending cuts and the elimination of dozens of programs. A bipartisan group of negotiators instead struck a deal to increase funding on several line items within the Department of Health […]

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