September 26, 2023
The Honorable Kevin McCarthy
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
2468 Rayburn House Office Building
The Honorable Kay Granger
House Committee on Appropriations
H-307 The Capitol
Washington, DC, 20515
Subject: Until Integrity is Restored, Do Not Fund the Department of Homeland Security
Dear Speaker McCarthy and Chairwoman Granger:
Perhaps the strongest tool the US Constitution gives the US House of Representatives is the power of the purse. For the sake of national government integrity, I call on you to refuse funding of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as long as Secretary Mayorkas employs John Brennan, James Clapper, Paul Kolbe, and any others who falsely claimed in writing that the contents of the Hunter Biden laptop were likely Russian disinformation.
Along with several other Secretaries of State, I have previously called on US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to resign for initiating the dishonest and intentionally misleading letter. In our attached correspondence to Congress dated July 12, 2023, my colleagues and I stated, “The full weight of the US Government should be used to ensure free, and fair, elections . . . . Congress should hold perpetrators accountable and consider all available corrective measures[.]” Accountability, at a bare minimum, requires withdrawal of security clearances, and prohibiting those who were proven through the House Judiciary Committee to have purposely lied to the American people from ever working as government employees.
Such dishonest people should not be granted access to sensitive government information, nor rewarded with high-ranking positions and salaries funded with taxpayer dollars. They have shamed themselves, dishonored their respective institutions, and vastly decreased trust in our election system. Secretary Mayorkas ignored their misdeeds and had the audacity to announce, “I express my deep gratitude to these distinguished individuals for dedicating their exceptional expertise, experience, and vision to our critical mission[.]” (See September 19, 2023 announcement establishing Homeland Intelligence “Experts” Group.) His statement casts irrevocable doubt on his judgment and he, too, should resign immediately.
You have the power to stop this abomination. Use it by refusing DHS funding until people of integrity are in charge.
Sincerely,
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