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Rep. Loudermilk (R-GA) issued the following statement today after voting to approve the DHS Headquarters Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 (H.R. 3572), legislation that streamlines the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Policy. Rep. Loudermilk’s amendment ensures that the Homeland Security Act, which governs DHS’s operations, provides clear and relevant Congressional direction:

“Today, I was able to swing a sledgehammer at federal bureaucracy.  My amendment, which recently passed out of the Homeland Security Committee, eliminates an entire office that is no longer in use at the Department of Homeland Security - the Counternarcotics Enforcement Office. This amendment chips away at wasteful, big government spending, restructures the department for greater efficiency, and places a renewed focus on securing our homeland.

“The bill that passed the House tonight with my amendment, the “DHS Headquarters Reform and Improvement Act of 2015,” goes a long way toward reforming many of DHS’ major acquisition programs and shrinking ineffective management functions within the department. We can't afford to sit on the sidelines, watching bureaucracy grow like weeds while it overtakes our freedom and dries up hardworking taxpayer dollars.”