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  • Johnson, Scott, Rubio Request Information on Pensacola Shooter’s A-2 Visa Approval Process

    WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter Wednesday to Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf to better understand the process through which the shooter in the December 2019 Pensacola shooting, Ahmed Mohammed al-Shamrani, received a visa to participate in military training here in the United States. The senators wrot...

  • Johnson Asks for Review of Visa System from DHS Following Iran Conflict

    WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter Wednesday to Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf to better understand the vulnerabilities our visa system faces from Iran, Hizballah, and other Iranian proxies. Chairman Johnson wrote, “The U.S. government must remain vigilant against a real threat of violence to the homeland by Iran or any of the foreign terrorist organ...

Minority News

  • Peters Joins Bipartisan Effort to Crack Down on Fraudulent and Undue Bonus Payments to Contractors & Save Taxpayer Dollars

    WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced that he has cosponsored bipartisan legislation with U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) to rein in excessive spending on unwarranted bonuses to contractors that fail to meet certain standards on federal projects. The Bogus Bonus Ban Act would prohibit taxpayer dollars from being used to pay bonuses to government contractors for unsatisfactory performances and outco...

  • Peters-Backed Bill to Increase Security Funding for Houses of Worship to be Signed into Law

    WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, applauded the unanimous passage of bipartisan legislation he championed in the Senate to provide grants to nonprofits and faith-based organizations to help secure their facilities against potential terrorist attacks. Peters made the legislation a priority after a recent surge in prominent threats and attacks on religious institutions such as synagogues, churc...