Ranking Member DeLauro Statement on Removal of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

Today, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) released the following statement regarding the removal of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem:

“Good riddance. This closes perhaps the most corrupt chapter in the short history of the Department of Homeland Security. At every turn, Secretary Noem exploited the status and influence of her office. From taking $170 million from the Coast Guard to buy private jets for her own use, to doling out over $200 million for cushy contracts to her former spokesperson’s family business for ad campaigns starring herself, she never missed an opportunity to manipulate the public trust for personal gain.

“Under her stewardship, the Department failed to administer critical grant funding, gutted our nation’s cyber defenses, and terrorized and killed law-abiding American citizens. Future generations will look back on this period and wonder with horror how such cruelty was allowed at so great a scale for so long a time with so little accountability. I join American families, free speech advocates, and dog-lovers across the nation in breathing a sigh of relief that Kristi Noem is no longer in a position of power in this government. She will not be missed.”