Rep. Michael McCaul says oversight of Department of Homeland Security a priority of 114th Congress

Moving to establish clearer oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, recently announced the panel would make congressional reauthorization of the department a priority for the 114th Congress. The goal is consistent with a 2004 recommendation of the 9/11 Commission and the recommendation of a September 2013 task force report issued by the Annenberg Retreat at Sunnylands and the Aspen Institute Justice and Society Program. The task force argued that authorizing legislation should be passed because “passing authorization improves Congressional oversight and prioritizes programs within DHS.”