Defunding DHS 'Experts Group' Bill Passes Committee

This week, the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security passed my legislation to block the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from establishing partisan advisory boards within the agency.

In September of last year, DHS established a Homeland Intelligence "Experts Group" allegedly meant to advise DHS’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis, assist with decision-making, and provide outside perspectives on intelligence and counterterrorism. 

Two of the so-called "experts" in this group were John Brennan and James Clapper, who both signed a discredited public statement on October 19, 2020, that incorrectly implied reports of Hunter Biden’s political influence peddling were the product of Russian disinformation. The letter was used by various media organizations and social media companies to downplay and censor reports before the 2020 presidential election. These men abused their positions of power perpetuating the Russia Hoax and serving as partisan operatives for the Democrat Party. 

I worked to get the Experts Group shut down, and my bill ensures that DHS cannot establish another similar group in the future.

We must ensure that U.S. intelligence officials are nonpartisan and remain focused on protecting the country. Watch my full remarks on the bill here.