Homeland Security
Membership
- Lucille Roybal-Allard, Chairwoman
- Henry Cuellar
- Dutch Ruppersberger
- David E. Price
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Grace Meng
- Pete Aguilar
- Chuck Fleischmann, Ranking Member
- Steven Palazzo
- Dan Newhouse
- John Rutherford
Jurisdiction
- Department of Homeland Security
Member Day 2020
Hearing Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Deadline to Submit Requests to Testify: Friday, March 29, 2019
Fiscal Year 2020 Submissions
The Member Submission Database will be open March 11, 2019.
The deadline for submissions will be April 4, 2019.
Chairwoman Lowey's Dear Colleague on Congressionally-directed spending in the FY2020 appropriations process can be found here.
Recent Activity
March 27, 2019
Hearing
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
March 26, 2019
Hearing
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
March 13, 2019
Press Release
"As you know, election security has been a major focus of this subcommittee, and for the second year in a row, we have supported significant increases to your budget to address these vulnerabilities to ensure that our election system is secure and reliable."
March 13, 2019
Hearing
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Live-stream can be found here: https://youtu.be/WvyK0fNqVUM
March 12, 2019
Hearing
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Live-stream can be found here: https://youtu.be/u27VSaWuFzI
March 12, 2019
Press Release
"This subcommittee has a long bipartisan tradition, and emergency management issues are a prime example as to why. Disasters do not distinguish where they strike by party affiliation, and helping disaster survivors and their communities in the wake of a disaster is a goal that we all share."
March 11, 2019
Press Release
House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security Chairwoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government Chairman Mike Quigley (D-IL), and House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY) today sent a letter to Russell Vought, the Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), requesting the release of information and documents detailing how the Trump administration plans to raid previously appropriated funds for his national emergency declaration and border wall.
March 6, 2019
Press Release
"There are many critical areas for oversight of the Department of Homeland Security. Therefore, it is fitting to formally begin our hearings with the Office of Inspector General, which is perhaps in the best position inform us about how the Department of Homeland Security is doing."
March 6, 2019
Hearing
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Live-stream for this hearing can be found here: https://youtu.be/gsKJ5MWBjAg
February 13, 2019
Press Release
House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) today filed the conference report on legislation that will keep the federal government open and fund key national priorities. The legislation, negotiated by a bipartisan, bicameral conference committee, is expected to be considered in the House on Thursday.