Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee

Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems

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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems

@HSGAC

The Democrats of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Led by Ranking Member @SenGaryPeters.

Joined March 2013

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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems
@HSGAC
Sep 25, 2025
@SenGaryPeters’ new report found that DOGE put YOUR sensitive data at risk. Whistleblowers say that because information was uploaded to an unsecured server, it could be hacked – and every American could need to be issued a new Social Security number.
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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems
@HSGAC
Jun 9
A new @USGAO report requested by @SenGaryPeters found alarming and unsafe conditions at the Camp East Montana detention center. Read more:
U.S. GAO
@USGAO
Jun 9
Immigration Detention: Waste and Performance Issues at Camp East Montana Provide Valuable Lessons for Future Facilities gao.gov/products/gao-2…
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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems reposted
Senator Gary Peters
@SenGaryPeters
Jun 5
Senate Republicans just rubber-stamped a bill that gives ICE and CBP $70 billion without requiring any new guardrails or meaningful reforms. At a time when Americans are struggling with rising costs from the President’s war in Iran, spending billions more taxpayer dollars on
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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems
@HSGAC
Jun 3
Statement from Ranking Member @SenGaryPeters on President Trump's AI executive order.
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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems reposted
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Jun 2
PETERS: Yes or no, do you think it's right for a president to approve disaster aid based on whether a state voted for him instead of the amount of damage in the state? This chart behind me is pretty dramatic MARKWAYNE MULLIN: That's not my experience of the president PETERS:
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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems
@HSGAC
May 21
America’s top national security officials need to be ready for anything, at anytime - not unreachable because they had too much to drink. @SenBlumenthal was blocked by @HSGAC_GOP from investigating Kash Patel’s reported drinking to excess.
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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems
@HSGAC
May 21
After promising it would be privately funded, President Trump want taxpayers to pay $1 BILLION - all without releasing key information about his vanity project. @HSGAC_GOP blocked @SenBlumenthal’s amendment requiring a public report on the President's golden ballroom.
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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems
@HSGAC
May 21
.@HSGAC_GOP blocked @SenatorHassan's amendment to remove the banners of President Trump's face that he ordered hung up in America's capital. Plastering buildings with their leaders' faces is what authoritarian countries do — it's un-American.
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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems
@HSGAC
May 20
.@HSGAC_GOP blocked @SenBlumenthal's amendment to make President Trump disclose his private donors, donation amounts, and construction contracts for his golden ballroom. The American people deserve to know who actually benefits from this project.
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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems
@HSGAC
May 20
.@HSGAC_GOP thinks Trump's ballroom is more important than combating child sex exploitation — they blocked @SenatorHassan's amendment to redirect funds from the $1 BILLION ballroom funding request and voted against protecting children.
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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems
@HSGAC
May 20
.@HSGAC_GOP voted to let @DHSgov use spyware on American citizens — providing access to your personal photos, your location, and who you call and text — and blocked Ranking Member @SenGaryPeters' amendment which would have stopped ICE and CBP from remotely accessing your devices.
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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems
@HSGAC
May 20
.@SenatorHassan called out @HSGAC_GOP for hiding behind process to avoid taking a real position on reforms like reining in DHS’ use of force policies. Republicans rejected every commonsense reform Democrats offered.
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Homeland Security & Govt. Affairs Committee — Dems
@HSGAC
May 20
Farmers across our country are paying more for fuel and fertilizer, thanks to the President's war in Iran. Ranking Member @SenGaryPeters offered an amendment to provide relief for farmers and to help keep grocery prices down. @HSGAC_GOP blocked it.
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