I’ll continue to fight for investments like this, because when we strengthen law enforcement, we strengthen America.
I will continue to fight for investments that strengthen law enforcement training, equipment, and preparedness.
Occurrences
Evidence
Roll Call 42 was on passage of H.R. 7147, a bill making further consolidated appropriations for FY2026. The Clerk records the status as Passed, 220 yea to 207 nay, and lists Evans (CO), Republican, Colorado, as voting Yea.
The enrolled bill states it is the Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, and that sums in the Act are appropriated for FY2026. Division A is the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026.
The Act provides $3,836,748,513 for FEMA federal assistance through grants and other activities, including $494,000,000 for the State Homeland Security Grant Program, $584,250,000 for the Urban Area Security Initiative, $11,400,000 for Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grants, and $478,414,000 for training, exercises, technical assistance, and other programs.
The Act appropriates $379,837,000 for Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers operations and support, including police-type vehicles, and $18,300,000 for procurement, construction, and improvements. It also authorizes distribution of funds to federal law enforcement agencies for training accreditation and continuation of accreditation for law enforcement training programs, facilities, and instructors.
The Act provides $20,000,000 for procurement, deployment, and operations of body-worn cameras for agents and officers, and funds CBP operations including support to federal, state, and local agencies in law enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts, purchase and lease of police-type vehicles, marine vessels, aircraft, and unmanned aerial systems.
Evans' office said he voted to advance a 60-day continuing resolution to reopen DHS and rejected a Senate proposal excluding CBP and ICE funding. The statement says he would continue to fight to fully fund critical agencies and notes prior House passage of H.R. 7147 and related DHS funding measures.
Assessments
Evans took concrete federal legislative action in office by voting for and publicly defending H.R. 7147, an FY2026 DHS appropriations measure that passed during his House term. The enacted law funded Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, FEMA preparedness grants and training/exercise programs, CBP equipment, body-worn cameras, vehicles, vessels, aircraft, and related law enforcement support. Because the promised outcome was to continue fighting for investments rather than personally enact a standalone bill, his same-term vote and advocacy on an enacted appropriations vehicle satisfy the promise.