Majority News

Peters & Portman Lead Members of Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to Encourage Administration to Fill Watchdog Vacancies
Mon, May 10
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led several of their committee colleagues to encourage President Biden to swiftly fill Inspectors General (IG) vacancies to help safeguard taxpayer dollars and strengthen independent oversight of federal agencies. The letter emphasizes the importance of Senate-confirmed IGs to Congress’ oversight efforts and notes Senate-co...
Peters, Daines Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect the Privacy of Americans
Fri, Apr 30
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced a bipartisan bill to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to remove personally identifiable information (PII), which includes Social Security and passport numbers, from cargo manifests before public disclosure. “Unfortunately, families and people, including servicemembers, moving from abroad to the United States face...

Minority News

Portman, Peters Lead Members of Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to Encourage Administration to Fill Watchdog Vacancies
Mon, May 10
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led several of their committee colleagues to encourage President Biden to swiftly fill Inspectors General (IG) vacancies to help safeguard taxpayer dollars and strengthen independent oversight of federal agencies. The letter emphasizes the importance of Senate-confirmed IGs to Congress’ oversight efforts and notes Senate-co...
Portman, Rubio & Colleagues Oppose Proposed DOJ Amnesty Program for Researchers Who Failed to Disclose Foreign Support in Securing Federal Grants
Thu, May 6
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Marco Rubio (R-FL), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Susan Collins (R-ME), Ben Sasse (R-NE), Todd Young (R-IN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland opposing the reported U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) amnesty program to allow U.S.-based academics to disclose past foreign funding without fear of prose...