US House Committee on Homeland Security

Type: Organization

Name: US House Committee on Homeland Security

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Boston bombing judge becomes target over Miranda rights

NEW YORK — A Harvard Medical School research assistant who has served as a U.S. judge for 23 years now finds herself at the center of the Boston Marathon bombing case, and by extension the post-Sept. 11 issue of whether, and when, suspected terrorists ... [Published Cleveland News-Herald - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Bombing, Boston (Massachusetts, United States), Magistrate Judge, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

US Department of Homeland Security

Higgins asks full Senate and House to uphold committee action to drop border fee proposal

Congressman says land-crossing toll would hurt national, regional economyCongressman Brian Higgins, NY-26, spoke on the Floor of the House of Representatives Thursday calling on both Houses of Congress to follow through on committee action to eliminate ... [Published Niagara Frontier Publications - May 17 2013]

Entities: Brian Higgins, Border Crossing, US Department of Homeland Security

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Loretta Sanchez

Congress Aims to Stop 90 Percent of Illegal Border Crossings

By Barbara Corbellini Duarte - A group of House members wants to ensure border security before discussing comprehensive immigration reform.Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - On Wednesday, members of the House Homeland Security ... [Published Kansas City Infozine - May 17 2013]

Entities: Loretta Sanchez, Border Crossing, Immigration

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Business dispute may have triggered Falls shooting

Man accused of trying to kill girl gets new lawyer A city man accused of trying to kill a 7-year-old girl on New Year's Eve has a new lawyer.May 16, 2013 1 PhotoNT manslaughter suspect posts bail, to seek a public defender A North Tonawanda woman accused ... [Published Niagara Gazette - May 17 2013]

Entities: North Tonawanda (United States), Tonawanda (United States), Vandalism

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Prohibiting Additional Land Border Crossing Fee Study

Amendment prohibiting this study included in the overall Border Security Results Act of 2013; measure heads to full House of Representatives for considerationWASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Candice Miller (MI-10), Vice Chair of the House Committee on ... [Published Congresswoman Candice Miller - May 16 2013]

Entities: Border Crossing, Candice Miller, United States, Port Huron (United States)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Air Line Pilots Association

ALPA Hails House Proposal to Prevent Abu Dhabi Customs Preclearance Facility

WASHINGTON—The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), commends actions taken by the House Homeland Security Committee today to require additional oversight of U.S. overseas preclearance facility agreements entered into by U.S. and foreign governm ... [Published Air Line Pilots Association, International - May 16 2013]

Entities: Air Line Pilots Association, Abu Dhabi, United States, Airline

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Janet Napolitano

Border fee study nixed in Washington

Niagara Gazette — The House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday voted to remove a proposed federal study from border security legislation that would have examined instituting a fee for crossing the U.S.-Canadian border.Rep. Brian Higgins, D-Buffalo, ... [Published Niagara Gazette - May 16 2013]

Entities: Brian Higgins, Janet Napolitano, US House Committee on Homeland Security, Security Needs

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Securing border driving House’s immigration efforts

Even as the Senate is pushing its massive immigration bill, the House is beginning to move pieces of the puzzle through its committees with a vote Wednesday to force the Obama administration to stiffen border security. The bill passed the House Homeland ... [Published Washington Times - May 16 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Security, Bennie Thompson, Operational Control, Michael McCaul

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

House committee debates the scope and price of border security

Democratic Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez of Anaheim told a Homeland Security committee that whatever border security plan is adopted, "We know we're going to need money to do that."; Credit: Kitty Felde/KPCCAs a U.S. Senate committee continues debate ... [Published SCPR - May 16 2013]

Entities: US Department of Homeland Security, Loretta Sanchez, Security, Democratic Party (US)

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Mass. Insurance Division to Release Report on Boston Marathon Bombing Losses

The Massachusetts Division of Insurance is in the process of drafting a report on the April 15 bombings of the Boston Marathon, outlining the losses caused by the incident.The report will describe types of claims that have been filed, the total dollar ... [Published Zecco - May 14 2013]

Entities: Bombing, Boston Marathon, Terrorism, Bennie Thompson, Mark Warner

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

House GOP hardliners vow to fight Senate immigration bill

Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert (at podium) and some of his House GOP colleagues want to secure the border first before considering any other elements of immigration reform.The Senate Judiciary Committee began a second day of debate Tuesday over amendments ... [Published SCPR - May 15 2013]

Entities: Immigration, Republican Party (US), Louie Gohmert

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Keeping Our Heads in the Sand After Boston

The Obama administration's policy banning references to "Islamic extremism" and "jihad" in discussions about terrorism drew criticism during last Thursday's House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the Boston Marathon bombings. The bombings "shou ... [Published The Investigative Project on Terrorism - May 14 2013]

Entities: Boston (Massachusetts, United States), US House Committee on Homeland Security, Bombing

Quotes

...Mike Rogers, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said in an interview on April 26. "The problem in this case is you have a judge who hastily intervened" in the public-safety exception

Boston bombing judge becomes target over Miranda rights [Published Cleveland News-Herald - 18 hours ago]

...airair marshal, gate agent or TSA security officer by a terrorist, mentally ill person or drug- or alcohol-impaired passenger," said the Coalition. "It would be irresponsible to relax the TSA's existing policy on knives when virtually every organization representing those directly affected by the change adamantly opposes it on safety and security grounds."

Flight Attendants Protest At Houston Airport Against Knives In The Passenger Cabin [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - May 17 2013]

"Mr. Speaker, with the bipartisan support and bicameral support for this issue, I suggest that language blocking the border fees should be included in upcoming immigration reform legislation. This is a senseless tax; it's counterproductive, and we should take every action to prevent it."

Higgins asks full Senate and House to uphold committee action to drop border fee proposal [Published Niagara Frontier Publications - May 17 2013]

"(C)any legal and regulatory impediments to establishing and collecting a land border crossing fee; and"

Prohibiting Additional Land Border Crossing Fee Study [Published Congresswoman Candice Miller - May 16 2013]

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Mass. Insurance Division to Release Report on B... [Published Zecco - May 14 2013]
Keeping Our Heads in the Sand After Boston [Published Breitbart Feed - May 14 2013]
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Blogs

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Sorting Through the Scandals [Published TAPPED - May 15 2013] Every administration has its scandals, but what's different about what's happening to the Obama administration is the confluence of two separate scandalish stories converging at the same time. Or maybe two and a half; were it not for the timing, the ...
Keeping Our Heads in the Sand After Boston [Published Breitbart Feed - May 14 2013] The Obama administration's policy banning references to "Islamic extremism" and "jihad" in discussions about terrorism drew criticism during last Thursday's House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the Boston Marathon bombings. The bombings ...
Congress Heal Thyself – An In-Depth Analysis of... [Published Security Debrief - May 10 2013] Yesterday, the House Homeland Security Committee held the first in what will likely be a series of hearings on the Boston Marathon bombing. Other congressional committees will want to hold separate (and probably duplicative) hearings on the tragic event ...
FBI to Boston: You knew about Tsarnaev from JTT... [Published Hot Air » Top Picks - May 10 2013] Stovepipe Central. Yesterday, the Boston Chief of Police told the House Homeland Security Committee that the FBI and DHS never warned them about Tamerlan Tsarnaev or informed him of his six-month sojourn to Dagestan, where radical Islamist networks ...
Is Congress failing on Homeland Security oversi... [Published Security Debrief - May 10 2013] There’s likely to be plenty of finger-pointing and grandstanding today as the House Homeland Security Committee does a post-mortem on law enforcement coordination before and after the Boston Marathon bombings. One institution that probably won’t draw ...

Audio/Video

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Rep. Pete King questions Boston PD Commissioner... [Published Rep. Peter King - YouTube Channel - May 09 2013]
Seib & Wessel: Full McCaul Interview [Published WSJ.com Video - News - Apr 26 2013]
Seib & Wessel: Full McCaul Interview [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - Apr 26 2013]
Seib & Wessel: Boston Attacks Are the New al Qaeda [Published WSJ.com Video - News - Apr 26 2013]
Seib & Wessel: McCaul on Boston's Many Questions [Published WSJ.com Video - News - Apr 26 2013]

Press Releases

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Photo Release -- Port of Houston Site of U.S. H... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - Jan 31 2013]
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