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Cuccinelli Condemns House Homeland Security Committee Majority for Ignoring Worldwide
Cuccinelli Condemns House Homeland Security Committee Majority for Ignoring Worldwide Threats
09-16-2020 03:35 PM On Wednesday, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) refused DHS’s multiple offers to have a senior department official present at a hearing on worldwide threats. In response to this transparent and brazen attempt at beltway political theater, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy Secretary (SOPDDS) Ken Cuccinelli issued the following statement: "Chairman Thompson can complain all he wants, but the facts are clear, and they are not on his side. Longstanding precedent says that pending nominees don’t testify to other committees as their nomination is pending. In light of that precedent, DHS offered to accommodate their request to hear about threats. I had testimony prepared and had my schedule clear to show up at this morning’s hearing. Instead, the committee majority decided that they would rather put on a show for the media. Instead of serving the American people and working to keep them safe, they would rather use the American people’s time and money to stage a political spectacle. Sadly, putting politics ahead of public safety has become far too common for many politicians across the country in recent months, and the swamp is no exception." SOPDDS Cuccinelli’s full prepared and submitted testimony for Thursday’s hearing can be found here. Background: In response to the House Homeland Security Committee’s brazenly partisan and unnecessary subpoena of Secretary Chad Wolf issued last week, Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs sent a letter to Chairman Thompson Wednesday once again reiterating the department’s standing offer to accommodate the committee by sending the department’s second in command, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy Secretary (SOPDDS) Ken Cuccinelli. Assistant Secretary Spivey’s most-recent letter to Chairman Thompson can be found here. Furthermore, the majority has demanded that the acting head of the department appear at this hearing; however, have not placed the same requirement on either the Department of Justice or the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which are being represented by the FBI director and the National Counterterrorism Center director, respectively. SOPDDS Cuccinelli’s availability was just the latest of good-faith efforts to accommodate the committee’s requests:
Keywords: Acting Secretary Chad Wolf, Congress, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Topics: Homeland Security Enterprise, Secretary of Homeland Security More... |
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