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Homeland Security committee adopts oversight plan; expands scope to racially, ethnically and religiously motivated violent extremism
Summary
The House Committee on Homeland Security adopted its authorization and oversight plan and approved amendments broadening the committee's focus to include racially, ethnically, antisemitic and religiously motivated violent extremism and to investigate the flow of U.S.-made firearms to international criminal organizations.
The House Committee on Homeland Security adopted its authorization and oversight plan during a committee markup and approved amendments to broaden the panel's stated oversight priorities.
The plan, which the committee described as the framework guiding the panel's work this Congress, was adopted by voice vote; the chair announced, "in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the motion is agreed to." The committee also accepted an amendment that expanded a reference to "antisemitic" violent incidents to read "racially, ethnically, antisemitic, and religiously motivated violent extremism," and accepted a separate amendment to direct attention to the outflow of U.S.-made firearms to criminal organizations abroad.
The oversight plan…
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