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We agree that expecting the “Duplicative and wasteful”1 U.S. Department of Homeland “Byzantine”2 Security to report to more than “Antiquated”3 100 congressional committees, “Balkanized and dysfunctional”4 subcommittees and other groups is: A “failure”5

As a result, “ The nation is not as safe as it could and should be.”6

Congress oversees homeland security CONGRESS SHOULD: with a tangle of overlapping committees, leading to political paralysis and making Cut the number of committees our nation vulnerable to cyberthreats, overseeing the Department biohazards, and small boats and planes of Homeland Security and carrying unknown cargo. consolidate primary oversight We endorse the recommendation made by under one committee in the the 9/11 Commission in 2004 and echoed by the Sunnylands–Aspen Institute Task House and one in the Senate Force in 2013. with coordinated jurisdiction.7

SECRETARIES, DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY David Dreier Paul Schneider Representative from California (1981–2013) Deputy Secretary, Dept. of Homeland Tom Ridge Security (2008–2009) (2003–2005) Mohamed Elibiary Senior Fellow, Homeland Security Jeffrey Smith Michael Chertoff Advisory Council General Counsel, CIA (1995–1996) (2005–2009) Josh Filler Erroll G. Southers Janet Napolitano Director, Office of State and Local University of Southern California (2009–2013) Government Coordination, Dept. of John Tanner Homeland Security (2003–2005) Representative from Tennessee (1989–2011) 9/11 COMMISSION Ivan Fong Lydia Waters Thomas General Counsel, Dept. of Homeland Member, Homeland Security Advisory Council Thomas Kean Security (2009–2012) Chairman Richard Thornburgh Dan Glickman Attorney General (1988–1991); Lee Hamilton Secretary, Dept. of Agriculture (1995–2001); Governor of Pennsylvania (1979–1987) Vice-chairman Representative from Kansas (1977–1995) Frances Fragos Townsend Richard Ben-Veniste Bob Graham Homeland Security Advisor (2003–2008) Member Senator from Florida (1987–2005); Fred Fielding Governor of Florida (1979–1987) Jim Turner Ranking Member, House Homeland Member Gary Hart Security Committee (2003-2004) Jamie Gorelick Senator from Colorado (1975–1987); Member Co–Chair, Hart–Rudman Commission Pam Turner Asst. Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Michael Hayden Slade Gorton Dept. of Homeland Security (2003–2006) Member General, USAF (Ret.); Director, CIA (2006–2009); Director, NSA (1999–2005) Vincent Vitkowsky Bob Kerrey Partner, Seiger Gfeller Laurie LLP Member Greg Hill Chief of Staff, House Committee on Caryn Wagner John Lehman Homeland Security (2012–2014) Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Member Dept. of Homeland Security (2010–2012) Bruce Hoffman Timothy Roemer Professor, School of Foreign Service, Kenneth Wainstein Member Georgetown University Homeland Security Advisor (2008–2009); Asst. Attorney General for National Security James Thompson Michael Jackson (2006–2008) Member Deputy Secretary of Homeland John Farmer Security (2005–2007) William Webster Director, Central Intelligence (1987–1991); Senior Counsel Daniel Kaniewski Director, FBI (1978–1987) Special Asst. to the President for Homeland Security (2007–2008) Joe Whitley OTHER SIGNATORIES General Counsel, Dept. of Homeland Security Mike Leiter Arif Alikhan (2003–2005) Director, National Counterterrorism Asst. Secretary for Policy Development, Center (2007–2011) Benjamin Wittes Dept. of Homeland Security (2009–2010) Sr. Fellow and Research Director in Public Law, Carie Lemack Thad Allen The Brookings Institution Director, Homeland Security Project, Admiral, USCG (Ret.); Commandant, Bipartisan Policy Center Juan Zarate U.S. Coast Guard (2006-2010) Deputy Asst. to the President and Deputy James Loy Norm Augustine National Security Advisor (2005–2009) Admiral, USCG (Ret.); Deputy Secretary, Under Secretary of the Army (1975–1977); Dept. of Homeland Security (2003–2005) Member, Hart–Rudman Commission Jane Holl Lute To learn more visit: Stewart Baker Deputy Secretary, Dept. of Homeland annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/dhs/ Asst. Secretary for Policy, Dept. of Security (2009–2013) Homeland Security (2005–2009) Walter McNeil Bradford Berenson President, International Association of Assoc. Counsel to the President (2001–2003) Chiefs of Police (2011–2012) Howard Berman Richard Myers Representative from California (1983–2013) General, USAF (Ret.); Chairman of the Steven Bradbury Joint Chiefs of Staff (2001–2005) Acting Asst. Attorney General, Dept. Rick “Ozzie” Nelson of Justice (2005–2007) Director, Homeland Security and James Carafano Counterterrorism Program, Center for Strategic Member, Homeland Security Advisory Council and International Studies (2009–2013) Frank Cilluffo Leon E. Panetta Director, Homeland Security Policy Institute, Secretary, Dept. of Defense (2011–2013); The George Washington University Director, CIA (2009–2011) Gus Coldebella Paul Rosenzweig Acting General Counsel, Dept. of Homeland Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Security (2007–2009) Washington University

1 George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (2004). 2 The Heritage Foundation (2012). 3 Bipartisan Policy Center (2011). 4 Center for Strategic and International Studies-Business Executives for National Security (2004). 5 Brookings Institution (2006). 6 Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton, “Homeland Confusion,” 11 September 2013, The New York Times. 7 Sunnylands-Aspen Institute Task Force (2013).