Working to Prevent a Homeland Security Shutdown
Dear Friends,
This week, an estimated 22 percent of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees and an additional 30,000 workers who are critical to our country's national security could be furloughed if the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is forced to shut down on Friday.
February 28, is the deadline for Congress to pass a funding bill that would keep the Department of Homeland Security open, providing certainty and stability to the frontline DHS personnel who protect our nation.
Last week, I called on Congressional leaders to end the threat of a Department of Homeland Security shutdown by urging support for a clean DHS funding bill that was introduced earlier this month. This bill would avert a shutdown and provide long-term funding to the Department of Homeland Security.
Click here to read the letter I along with other House Democrats sent to Speaker Boehner urging him to move forward with a vote that would provide funding and certainty to DHS.
INSIDE SCOOP:
Congratulations to the following young men and women for their recent nominations to the United States Service Academies through my office. Their names have been submitted for consideration as members for the academy classes entering July 2015. These young people represent some of the best and brightest that Indiana has to offer.
Students receiving nominations are listed below and organized by academy. The high schools they graduated from or currently attend are listed as well.
Christopher Allman, Perry Meridian High School, Air Force, Military, Naval
Clayton Carter, Perry Meridian High School, Air Force, Military
Cody Donald, Perry Meridian High School, Air Force, Military, Naval
John Leppert, Cardinal Ritter High School, Air Force, Military, Naval
Killian Valencia, Warren Central High School, Air Force
Megan Kinsey, Noblesville High School, Military
Blake Koppel, Franklin Central High School, Military
Connor Lynn, Cardinal Ritter High School, Military
Joseph Below, Roncalli High School, Naval
Madeline Dunne, Roncalli High School, Naval