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Aurora legislative committee hears late DHS leadership change and a bipartisan housing effort
Summary
At a committee briefing, the city’s federal lobbyist said a just-announced change at the Department of Homeland Security may open new paths for House‑Senate negotiations, and staff described a bipartisan housing package that would expand HOME and CDBG uses and curb Wall Street purchases of single‑family homes.
Federal lobbyist Lizzie told the Aurora City legislative committee that the Department of Homeland Security remained unfunded while House and Senate leaders work to close negotiations and that an abrupt White House personnel change could affect those talks. “The department is still shut down at the federal level,” Lizzie said, and she reported that the President had announced Secretary Kristi Noem would move to a new special‑envoy role while Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullen will serve as acting DHS head starting March 31.
The announcement, Lizzie said, could alter the dynamics of appropriations negotiations. “We are still hearing that they…
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