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Senate Homeland Security Committee Approves DHS Nominations, Counter Drone Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 19th, 2019

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Senate Homeland Security Committee Approves DHS Nominations, Counter Drone Bill

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved nominations to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and financial office at the Department of Homeland Security, and several homeland security bills, including one to enhance counter-drone efforts within DHS. The committee also delayed a vote on Chad Wolf to be the new policy chief at DHS at the request of Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), the ranking member, pending his responses to questions from some Democrats at his…

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Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

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Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

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CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]