{"id":1052865,"date":"2025-05-06T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1052865"},"modified":"2025-05-08T13:04:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:04:02","slug":"donald-trumps-dhs-budget-will-risk-americas-national-security-and-rip-away-disaster-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/donald-trumps-dhs-budget-will-risk-americas-national-security-and-rip-away-disaster-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump\u2019s DHS Budget Will Risk America\u2019s National Security and Rip Away Disaster Relief\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Donald Trump\u2019s disastrous budget will risk America\u2019s national security and rip away emergency relief from communities ravaged by natural disasters \u2014 all to pay for another tax break for the ultra-wealthy. As Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defends Trump\u2019s devastating cuts on Capitol Hill today, the American people deserve to know: Why is the Trump administration putting their billionaire backers over keeping Americans safe? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s budget risks America\u2019s national security, slashing funding for cybersecurity and infrastructure as we face increasingly severe attacks. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cyber Security Dive<\/a>: \u201cTrump proposes major cut to CISA\u2019s budget, citing false \u2018censorship\u2019 claims\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPresident Donald Trump on Friday proposed cutting 17% of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency\u2019s budget<\/strong> as part of his Fiscal Year 2026 spending proposal, targeting the agency over what he falsely called a censorship campaign aimed at conservatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrump\u2019s proposal would cut $491 million from CISA<\/strong>\u2019s $3 billion budget and would eliminate the agency\u2019s work on countering mis- and disinformation<\/strong>, according to a letter that Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought sent to Congress. The letter also mentioned eliminating \u2018external engagement offices such as international affairs.\u2019\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBS News<\/a>: \u201cCISA <\/strong>is part of the Department of Homeland Security and manages risks to the country\u2019s cyber and physical infrastructure<\/strong>, such as the energy and communications sectors. It\u2019s also charged with protecting election security infrastructure.\u201d<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cTrump Weakens U.S. Cyberdefenses at a Moment of Rising Danger\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSimilar but less severe cuts have hit the country\u2019s broader cybersecurity defenses, at a moment when ransomware attacks are becoming more sophisticated and efforts to deter state-sponsored attacks have largely failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe innovative Cyber Safety Review Board<\/strong> \u2014 based on the National Transportation Safety Board, which investigates transportation accidents \u2014 was created by the Biden administration to extract critical lessons from major breaches. It was dismantled soon after Mr. Trump took office, even as it was in the midst of examining Salt Typhoon and trying to figure out how China\u2019s intelligence agencies pierced deep into the American telecommunications system.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After slashing hundreds of millions in FEMA grants for communities to prevent disaster damage, Trump\u2019s budget calls for an additional $646 million in cuts. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cThe budget proposes $646 million in cuts to Non-Disaster Federal Emergency Management Agency grant programs. \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFEMA has already been politicized in the administration\u2019s first 100 days; <\/strong>for example, its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program was ended, and the agency\u2019s acting director canceled $188 million in grants to New York City<\/strong>, finding the money inconsistent with Trump administration priorities.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

E&E News<\/a>: \u201cFederal Emergency Management Agency acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton wrote in a memo Thursday that the agency will not allocate the $750 million that was planned this year for Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities grants.<\/strong> The BRIC program funds local projects that reduce damage from flooding, tornadoes and other weather-related events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFEMA also will stop funding projects that were previously approved for BRIC grants and are still underway, Hamilton wrote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

REMINDER: Trump and Noem have a history of playing politics with disaster relief. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cIf you add Los Angeles into it then you can really do one, big beautiful bill because frankly they want that so badly. They want the money to go out there so badly. And I don\u2019t think we should do a bill until Los Angeles is included, and when Los Angeles is included, we get everything we want.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sen. Richard Blumenthal<\/a>: \u201cI assume you will agree with me that withholding disaster relief by President Trump \u2026 is a violation of his duty and of law?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noem: *Dodges*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blumenthal: \u201cI want to ask you yes or no, with all due respect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noem: *Continues to avoid question*<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blumenthal: \u201cSo, if President Trump were to say to you, we\u2019re going to withhold money from Connecticut, or Michigan \u2026 because we don\u2019t like the governor or we don\u2019t like the politics of the state, you would stand up to him and say, Mr. President, we need to allocate that money?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Noem: \u201c… I don\u2019t speak to hypotheticals.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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