Reorganizing Congress -- A 9/11 Perspective
On this day of remembrance, the three prior Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security have issued a joint letter calling on Congress to reorganize itself and streamline oversight of DHS. I can think of no better way for Congress to honor those who have died than by taking steps to get its own house in order as a way of helping to stop such horrors from happening again. Here is the opening:
In advance of the upcoming Rule X hearings for re
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On this day of remembrance, the three prior Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security have issued a joint letter calling on Congress to reorganize itself and streamline oversight of DHS. I can think of no better way for Congress to honor those who have died than by taking steps to get its own house in order as a way of helping to stop such horrors from happening again. Here is the opening:
In advance of the upcoming Rule X hearings for reorganization for the 114th Congress, we are writing to recommend the streamlining and consolidation of Congressional oversight of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This is a matter of critical importance to national security on which there is broad bipartisan agreement, and it remains the only major recommendation of the 9/11 Commission that ten years later has not been acted upon.
Paul Rosenzweig is the founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC, a homeland security consulting company and a Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Mr. Rosenzweig formerly served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security. He is a Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University, a Senior Fellow in the Tech, Law & Security program at American University, and a Board Member of the Journal of National Security Law and Policy.
