Congress needs to fund FEMA, disaster relief, cybersecurity, and other functions of the Department of Homeland Security that keep Americans safe... I support Ranking Member DeLauro’s new DHS funding bill, which would fund the entire agency except for ICE, Border Patrol, and the Office of the Secretary — while prohibiting Kristi Noem’s use of taxpayer-funded luxury private jets.
Support Department of Homeland Security funding legislation that funds FEMA, disaster relief, cybersecurity, and other non-ICE, non-Border Patrol DHS functions while blocking additional funding for ICE and Customs and Border Protection.
Occurrences
McCollum voted no and said the bill continues Trump's retreat from American diplomacy.
Congresswoman McCollum voted no on the legislation. Following the vote, Congresswoman McCollum issued the following statement:
Evidence
The House narrowly passed a $70 billion immigration-enforcement bill, and Democrats opposed it.
Trump signed the bill into law, funding ICE, Border Patrol, and other DHS costs through 2029.
Assessments
McCollum appears to have materially aligned with this promise but did not secure the full lasting result. In January and February 2026 she publicly opposed DHS funding approaches that continued ICE-heavy funding without stronger restraints, and by April 30, 2026 Congress passed a bipartisan bill funding most DHS functions such as TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, and related operations while excluding ICE and Border Patrol from that measure. That is a meaningful match to the promised carveout approach and occurred during her current House term. But the policy was not durable: on June 9-10, 2026 Congress and President Trump separately enacted major additional funding for ICE and CBP through 2029 over Democratic opposition. Because McCollum supported the carveout direction but the final broader funding outcome moved the other way, this is better scored as partial rather than full delivery.