Recognizing the critical missions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and expressing concern that the systematic reduction of its career workforce has undermined those missions and endangered the safety and security of United States citizens.

Summary

Declares findings that FEMA, CISA, and TSA experienced substantial workforce reductions and program cuts between 2024–2026, and that those reductions have impaired operational capacity in disaster response, cybersecurity/election security, and transportation security. Cites specific headcount losses, program eliminations, increased vacancies, audit findings of limited incident-management availability, withheld pay during shutdowns, legal challenges, and potential violations of appropriations requirements.

• States FEMA lost thousands of staff between Dec 2024 and 2025 and faced plans describing further large cuts.
• Cites GAO and agency reports that incident-management capacity was severely reduced entering the 2025 hurricane season.
• Reports CISA staffing declines and elimination of the Election Security Program, reducing cybersecurity advisor capacity.
• Documents TSA staffing losses tied to shutdowns, high callout rates, long traveler waits, and pay disruptions.
• Notes OPM-reported 322,000 federal separations in 2025 as part of broader workforce turnover.
• Asserts some DHS reductions may have lacked congressional authorization or conflicted with FY2025 appropriations.
• Records judicial and Merit Systems findings or challenges asserting some agency actions were unlawful.
• Frames the reductions as risks to disaster response, election security, and transportation security, without creating new funding or requirements.