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Senators press DHS secretary over paused grants, FEMA funding and disaster programs
Summary
Democratic senators warned Secretary Kristi Noem that the department’s pause or reprogramming of several grant accounts — including shelter and services, citizenship/integration grants and FEMA grants — is causing community harm and may violate appropriations law; Noem said grants are under review to ensure appropriations are spent as intended.
Several senators used the Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing to press Secretary Kristi Noem about paused or withheld funds that they said Congress had already appropriated.
Senator Chris Murphy told Noem the department “is on track to trigger the Anti Deficiency Act,” and warned that paused spending could leave the department “broke by July.” Senator Patty Murray described the department’s actions as an “illegal freeze” that is taking “a real toll on communities.”
Why it matters: The chair and members of the appropriations subcommittee write DHS’s funding bills. When an agency pauses or…
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