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House Homeland Security Republicans Introduce American Security Agenda Bills

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, June 28th, 2019

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Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Several Republican members of the House Homeland Security Committee in the second half of June introduced four bills as part of their American Security Agenda, which is aimed at strengthening the Department of Homeland Security and its partners. “DHS must be adequately prepared and properly resourced to combat new and evolving threats to the homeland,” Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), ranking member on the committee, said in a statement last Friday. “These bills make great strides to advance this goal by…

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