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WASHINGTON— Today, U.S. Representative Dale Strong, Vice Chairman of Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee, spoke with Federal Bureau of Investigation Director, Kash Patel, regarding the Bureau’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request.
WASHINGTON— U.S. Representative Dale W. Strong (AL-05), member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement after the Committee approved its portion of the budget reconciliation package. The package provides $69 billion in funding for the Department of Homeland Security’s border security mission.
WASHINGTON— Congressman Dale Strong’s legislation, the Strategic Homeland Intelligence and Enforcement Legislation to Defend (SHIELD) Against the CCP Act is gaining nationwide support. This week, the legislation was endorsed by the Major County Sheriffs of America (MCSA), the National Narcotic Officers' Associations' Coalition (NNOAC), and the National Fusion Center Association (NFCA).
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Dale W. Strong (R-AL), alongside his colleagues Congressmen David Kustoff (R-TN) and Tracey Mann (R-KS), introduced the Winter Canola Study Act. This legislation would direct the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) to study the gap in crop insurance coverage for double-crop grown winter oilseeds, such as canola.
WASHINGTON— This week, Chairman Dale W. Strong invited unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) subject matter experts and industry leaders from Huntsville to testify before the Committee on Homeland Security on the use of UAS in support of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) mission.
WASHINGTON—Today, Representative Dale W. Strong (AL-05) visited with the Scottsboro Police Department after securing $120,000 for new vehicles through community project funding in the Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) appropriations package.
The congressionally directed spending enabled the Scottsboro Police Department to purchase new vehicles for their law enforcement officers to replace vehicles approaching the end of their operational life.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed Representative Dale W. Strong’s DHS Biodetection Improvement Act, marking the third bill led by the Congressman to pass the House just this week.
The DHS Biodetection Improvement Act, H.R. 706, would strengthen U.S. biodefense by ensuring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is prepared to counter bioterrorism threats.
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed two bipartisan bills introduced by Representative Dale W. Strong: the SHIELD Against CCP Act and the Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act.
SHIELD Against CCP Act, H.R. 708
The SHIELD Against CCP Act would create a dedicated DHS working group to address threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). This group would be responsible for examining, assessing, and reporting on the range of nontraditional tactics used by the CCP and DHS’s efforts to counter these activities.
WASHINGTON — Today, Representative Dale Strong (AL-05) led his first congressional hearing as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
The hearing evaluated the current role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), particularly its handling of taxpayer dollars, expanding mission sets, and coordination with state and local governments in response to natural disasters and emergencies.
WASHINGTON—Today, Representative Dale.