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Appropriations members press CISA on proposed cuts, request details on $139 million reprogramming
Summary
House Appropriations subcommittee members questioned CISA leadership about an administration budget proposal that members said would cut about 20% of the agency's funds and pending reprogramming and requested detailed information on impacts before markup.
Ranking Member Underwood and members of the House Appropriations subcommittee pressed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's senior official performing the duties of the director, Bridget Bean, on the administration's budget request and an agency reprogramming request ahead of a planned markup.
Underwood said the agency is facing what she described as "an almost 20% cut to CISA, 491000000 dollars," and said the proposal included workforce reductions through "early retirement buyouts and questionable terminations." "That's not cutting fat. That's a death blow," she said. She urged the committee to press CISA on how those…
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