Just as importantly, it cuts off ineffective and misaligned programs - investing only in high-impact missions that strengthen our security, economy, and global standing.
Cut off ineffective and misaligned programs and invest only in high-impact missions that strengthen U.S. security, economy, and global standing.
Occurrences
Now, less than six months into the new Trump Administration, the United States House of Representatives has already delivered on these promises by passing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Evidence
Cole said the FY27 Homeland Security bill funds core DHS missions, strengthens border security, supports ICE detention and Border Patrol staffing, and adds Coast Guard resources in the Indo-Pacific.
The committee approved the FY27 Homeland Security bill 34-27. The summary says it realigns DHS priorities around core missions, prohibits DEI funding, and reallocates $100 million to CISA core functions.
The Defense Subcommittee advanced the FY27 bill, and Cole said it invests in readiness, advanced weapons, innovation, and support for servicemembers and their families.
Assessments
Cole has materially advanced appropriations bills that explicitly realign funding toward what he describes as core security missions and away from programs he views as misaligned, including committee-approved FY27 Homeland Security language that prohibits DEI funding and reallocates money to CISA core functions. But the cited actions are committee and subcommittee steps, not enacted federal law, and the evidence does not show a broader completed cutoff of ineffective programs across government. Given the promise’s breadth and the lack of final enactment, this supports partial rather than full delivery.