Homeland Security
Chairman Mark Amodei
2006 Rayburn House Office Building
(202) 225-5834
Majority | Minority |
| Mark Amodei – Chair | Lauren Underwood – Acting Ranking Member |
| John Rutherford | Henry Cuellar |
| Dan Newhouse | Ed Case |
| Ashley Hinson | Veronica Escobar |
| Michael Guest | |
| Tony Gonzales | |
| Juan Ciscomani – Vice Chair |
FY26 Member Day Hearing Instructions FY26 Written Public Testimony Instructions
Recent Activity
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 Amodei and Ranking Member Underwood, and thank you, Madam Secretary, for being with us today.
Let me begin by commending the brave men and women of this department who stand on the front lines each day to protect the homeland. Under new leadership, they’ve been empowered to fully carry out that fundamental duty. From day one, the Trump Administration has made clear that protecting America is not negotiable—and this White House has taken immediate action to strengthen the security of our nation’s borders and enforce existing immigration laws. The contrast from the Biden Administration could not be clearer. Policies that allowed an open and lawless border have ended, and the message is clear: Illegal migrants—including violent offenders—will no longer have an open invitation. Criminal cartels and traffickers will no longer be enriched.And the safety of our citizens will no longer be put last.
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.
It is our job as members of the Appropriations Committee to make sure the Department is appropriately spending the money Congress provides, as well as to ensure the Department has the resources it needs to execute its mission on an annual basis.
That work begins in earnest today, as we begin the Fiscal Year 2026 process.
