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Archive: Press Releases
August 2012
Aug 1, 2012
House Homeland Security Oversight, Investigations, and Management Subcommittee Passes DHS Accountability Act
Issues: Oversight of DHS Management
Aug 2, 2012
King Urges FBI Director Mueller to Expand Investigations into National Security Leaks
Issues: Counterterrorism
Aug 17, 2012
Chairman King Statement on Federal Lawsuit Alleging Misconduct at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Issues: Oversight of DHS Management
Aug 21, 2012
Chairman King Calls on Director of National Intelligence to Investigate Killings of U.S. Troops by Afghan Forces
Issues: Counterterrorism
Aug 22, 2012
King Statement on Appointments to New Public Safety Wireless Broadband Panel
Issues: First Responder Communications
Aug 30, 2012
Chairman King Statement on DOJ’s Decision to Not Pursue Criminal Charges in Alleged Detainee Abuse Case
Issues: 9/11 Trials / Guantanamo DetaineesSeptember 2012
Sep 1, 2012
Chairman King Statement on Resignation of ICE Chief of Staff Suzanne Barr
Issues: Oversight of DHS Management
Sep 7, 2012
Chairman King Statement on Designation of Haqqani Network as Foreign Terrorist Organization
Issues: Counterterrorism
Sep 7, 2012
A Look Ahead: House Committee on Homeland Security
Issues: Border Security, Preparedness for and Response to Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters, Passenger and Cargo Aviation Security, Surface Transportation Security
Sep 10, 2012
Subcommittee on Transportation Security Chairman Rogers Releases Report on Reforming TSA
Issues: Counterterrorism, Passenger and Cargo Aviation Security, Surface Transportation Security
Sep 10, 2012
Homeland Security Border and Maritime Security Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Terrorist Travel
Issues: Counterterrorism, Border Security
Sep 10, 2012
Chairman King Statement on 11th Anniversary of Terrorist Attacks of 9/11
Issues: Counterterrorism
Sep 11, 2012
Homeland Security Transportation Security Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on TSA Reform
Issues: Counterterrorism, Passenger and Cargo Aviation Security, Surface Transportation Security
Sep 11, 2012
Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Threat of an Electromagnetic Pulse Attack
Issues: Counterterrorism, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Preparedness for and Response to Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters
Sep 11, 2012
Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Resilient Communications
Issues: Preparedness for and Response to Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters, Risk-Based Grant Funding
Sep 11, 2012
House Passes Transportation Security Legislation to Improve Efficiency of Airport Baggage Screening
Issues: Passenger and Cargo Aviation Security
Sep 12, 2012
Lungren, Bilirakis Release Majority Staff Report Detailing Homeland Security-Hindering Regulations and Red Tape
Issues: Preparedness for and Response to Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters, Oversight of DHS Management
Sep 12, 2012
Homeland Security Subcommittees to Hold Joint Oversight Hearing on DHS Biosurveillance Programs, Will Examine New GAO Report on BioWatch Program
Issues: Weapons of Mass Destruction, Preparedness for and Response to Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters
Sep 12, 2012
House Passes Homeland Security Legislation to Improve Mass Transit Security
Issues: Risk-Based Grant Funding, Surface Transportation Security
Sep 13, 2012
Chairman King to Convene Homeland Security Committee Hearing to Assess DHS Operations and a Roadmap for its Future
Issues: Oversight of DHS Management
Sep 13, 2012
Homeland Security Oversight, Investigations, and Management Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Lessons of Information Sharing from Fort Hood
Issues: Domestic Radicalization / Radicalization Hearings, Counterterrorism
Sep 14, 2012
A Look Ahead: House Committee on Homeland Security
Issues: Counterterrorism, Oversight of DHS Management
Sep 19, 2012
Chairman King to Convene Homeland Security Committee Hearing to Assess DHS Operations and a Roadmap for its Future
Issues: Oversight of DHS Management
Sep 20, 2012
Chairman King Convenes Hearing to Assess DHS Operations and a Roadmap for its Future
Issues: Oversight of DHS Management
Sep 20, 2012
Homeland Security Oversight, Investigations, and Management Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on DHS Acquisition Management Challenges
Issues: Oversight of DHS Management
Sep 27, 2012
Chairman King, Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans Condemn Latest Bombing by Boko Haram in Nigeria
Issues: Counterterrorism
Sep 28, 2012
Chairman King Statement on Expansion of Pentagon Investigation of Osama bin Laden Raid Film, “Zero Dark Thirty”
Issues: Killing of Osama bin LadenOctober 2012
Oct 2, 2012
Chairman King Statement on Obama Administration’s Decision to Purchase Illinois Prison Where it Sought to House Guantanamo Terrorists
Issues: 9/11 Trials / Guantanamo Detainees
Oct 3, 2012
Chairman King Statement on Fusion Center Report from Senate Subcommittee
Issues: Information Sharing and State and Local Fusion Centers
Oct 4, 2012
Chairman King Opposes President Obama’s Decision to Purchase Prison Where Administration Sought to House Guantanamo Terrorists
Issues: 9/11 Trials / Guantanamo Detainees
Oct 11, 2012
Chairman King Urges Secretary Clinton to Expeditiously Designate as FTO the Group(s) Deemed Responsible for Benghazi Attack
Issues: Counterterrorism
Oct 20, 2012
Chairman King Calls on President Obama to Release Intelligence Community Reporting that Led to Administration’s Changing Characterizations of Benghazi Attack
Issues: CounterterrorismNovember 2012
Nov 3, 2012
Media Advisory: Secretary Napolitano to Join Chairman King for Visit to Long Island Communities Affected by Hurricane Sandy
Issues: Preparedness for and Response to Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters
Nov 4, 2012
Congressman King Joins with County Executive Mangano Insisting that FEMA and LIPA Improve Services to Long Island Residents Left without Power by Hurricane Sandy
Issues: Preparedness for and Response to Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters
Nov 5, 2012
Chairman King Calls on President Obama to Identify White House Staff Who May Have Leaked Intelligence on Benghazi Attack to Journalist
Issues: Counterterrorism
Nov 9, 2012
Chairman King Calls on Obama Administration to Provide Comprehensive Power-Restoration Plan which LIPA Must Follow
Issues: Preparedness for and Response to Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters
Nov 12, 2012
A Look Ahead: House Committee on Homeland Security
Issues: Counterterrorism, Border Security, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Passenger and Cargo Aviation Security
Nov 14, 2012
Homeland Security Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on WMD Terrorism
Issues: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Nov 14, 2012
Transportation Security Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on TSA Body Scanners
Issues: Passenger and Cargo Aviation Security
Nov 15, 2012
Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management Chairman McCaul Releases Report on Drug Cartels and Hezbollah Terrorist Threat
Issues: Counterterrorism, Border Security
Nov 27, 2012
Chairman King Congratulates Rep. Michael McCaul on Selection by Steering Committee to be Chairman of Homeland Security Committee for 113th Congress
Issues: -
Nov 27, 2012
House Passes Homeland Security Legislation to Improve Disaster Preparedness, Secure Borders, and Streamline DHS Programs
Issues: Border Security, Preparedness for and Response to Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters, Risk-Based Grant Funding, Oversight of DHS ManagementDecember 2012
Dec 12, 2012
House Passes Homeland Security Bills to Streamline TSA Baggage Screening and Improve DHS Financial Systems
Issues: Passenger and Cargo Aviation Security, Oversight of DHS Management
Dec 18, 2012