Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Homeland Security and all its law enforcement agencies conduct critical operations to keep the United States safe and secure.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provides essential protection for our country from foreign and domestic threats and that defunding DHS would be detrimental to our national security.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 530 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 530

     Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
 Department of Homeland Security and all its law enforcement agencies 
 conduct critical operations to keep the United States safe and secure.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2021

  Mrs. McClain (for herself, Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. 
Budd, Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Gibbs, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Johnson of 
    Ohio, Ms. Mace, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. McClintock, Mrs. Miller of 
  Illinois, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Norman, Mr. 
 Owens, Ms. Salazar, Mrs. Steel, Mr. Steube, Mr. Valadao, Mrs. Wagner, 
Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Cawthorn, Mr. Banks, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, 
  Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mrs. Greene of 
   Georgia, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Palazzo, Ms. 
 Stefanik, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Cloud, Mr. 
  Hice of Georgia, Mr. Mast, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. 
Bergman, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Dunn, Mr. Scalise, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Katko, 
   Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Upton, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Guest, and Mr. Sessions) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                          on Homeland Security

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
 Department of Homeland Security and all its law enforcement agencies 
 conduct critical operations to keep the United States safe and secure.

Whereas the employees of the Department of Homeland Security work constantly to 
        protect our homeland from all threats and have set an example of high 
        standards for every Nation around us;
Whereas the Department of Homeland Security was created after the September 11, 
        2001, terrorist attacks that took the lives of almost 3,000 Americans;
Whereas since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, there has 
        been no major terrorist attack on United States soil;
Whereas many Americans employed by these agencies risk their lives to protect 
        United States citizens each day from threats to our Nation;
Whereas Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents protect United 
        States citizens from illegal immigration and enforce our immigration 
        laws within the United States;
Whereas on an average day, Immigration and Customs Enforcement seizes 4,000 
        pounds of narcotics, $4.93 million in illicit currency and assets, and 
        manages 3.26 million immigration cases;
Whereas Homeland Security Investigations agents are on the front lines defending 
        our Nation and saving individuals from the abhorrent practice of human 
        trafficking;
Whereas Customs and Border Protection defends and maintains our borders, 
        prevents criminals from entering our country illegally, and filters 
        through contraband, such as illegal drugs and firearms, being 
        transported over the border and into the United States;
Whereas on an average day, Customs and Border Protection processes over 650,000 
        passengers and pedestrians, conducts $216 million in duties and taxes on 
        imports, and seizes $3.6 million worth of products with intellectual 
        property rights violations;
Whereas the agencies within the Department of Homeland Security have found great 
        success in safeguarding our Nation, and anyone who tries to say 
        otherwise has failed to realize the role they play in having a safe and 
        secure Nation;
Whereas there have been numerous instances of elected officials claiming that 
        continued funding will undermine trust in law enforcement, and it would 
        be irresponsible for the Federal Government to continue funding this 
        department;
Whereas elected officials have been quoted saying the simple answer is to 
        eliminate funding for Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and 
        Customs Enforcement, and their parent organization, the Department of 
        Homeland Security; and
Whereas there has been legislation introduced in Congress to dismantle 
        Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives recognizes that--
            (1) the Department of Homeland Security has and will 
        continue to provide essential protection for our country from 
        threats foreign and domestic;
            (2) these agencies have turned the United States into one 
        of the safest countries in the world today;
            (3) defunding these essential organizations would be 
        detrimental to the national security of the United States, and 
        these efforts should never be entertained by Congress;
            (4) rhetoric from elected officials claiming the Department 
        of Homeland Security and its components are harmful are utter 
        falsehoods and are damaging to the United States; and
            (5) any attempt to undermine the Department of Homeland 
        Security by limiting its resources or changing its legal 
        mandate does nothing but put American citizens in greater 
        danger.
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