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Washington, D.C. – Today, Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairman Mark Amodei (R-NV) and Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) led an oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to collect testimony from Secretary Kristi Noem on a range of pressing issues. Proceedings focused on DHS efforts to secure the border, combat fentanyl trafficking, strengthen personnel recruitment, and protect critical infrastructure from cyber threats.
Thank you, Chairman Calvert and Ranking Member McCollum. I want to thank the witnesses for being here with us today to discuss the current lay of the land for the Department of the Air Force.
Acting Secretary Ashworth, welcome to the Defense Subcommittee. Generals, nice to see you this afternoon. You are sitting before us as the Air Force and Space Force face a critical path ahead. The world continues to be a volatile place, with malign actors challenging American interests near and far. Time is not on our side as our adversaries have been outpacing and outproducing us.
Good afternoon. The Defense Subcommittee will come to order.
Thank you, Chairman Amodei and Ranking Member Underwood, and thank you, Madam Secretary, for being with us today.
I would like to thank Secretary Bessent for being here today and for his leadership and steady hand over the last several months.
Before we wrap up, I want to offer this in closing: our authorizing colleagues are working on reconciliation bills that will provide significant investments in the President’s immigration and border security agenda, including funding to the Coast Guard to secure our maritime border.
I commend them for their efforts to enable the Department to finish the wall, hire more agents and officers, and bring additional detention beds online.
I know the Department hopes to be made whole with reconciliation, but in the meantime, you need to live within your means.
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) released the following statement on President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026:
Washington, D.C. – Today, Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Chairman Dave Joyce (R-OH) held an oversight hearing on the United States Postal Service (USPS) to collect testimony from Inspector General Tammy Hull on a variety of issues, ranging from oversight and budget needs to performance challenges and facility improvements, highlighting the agency's important service to the American taxpayers.
I would like to thank General Hull for being here today. The United States Postal Service is a mainstay for most - if not all - our constituents and communities. Its operations are vast with 640 thousand employees working to deliver millions of pieces of mail and packages daily. Yet, the Postal Service has faced significant financial challenges over the last several decades. Except for fiscal year 2022, the Postal Service has incurred losses in each fiscal year since 2007.
