{"id":2391854,"date":"2025-01-17T16:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T21:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-takeaways-from-kristi-noems-dhs-confirmation-hearing\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T16:36:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T21:36:44","slug":"top-takeaways-from-kristi-noems-dhs-confirmation-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-takeaways-from-kristi-noems-dhs-confirmation-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Top takeaways from Kristi Noem&#8217;s DHS confirmation hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-takeaways-from-kristi-noems-dhs-confirmation-hearing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2391854&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent \u200bconfirmation hearing for Governor Kristi Noem (R-SD), President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s nominee for Secretary of\u2063 teh \u2063Department of Homeland Security, the process was characterized as smooth and largely uneventful. The hearing occurred shortly before Trump&#8217;s inauguration and \u200clasted less than three hours, with \u2064minimal opposition\u200b from Democrats in \u2063the\u200c Senate Homeland \u2063Security\u2064 and Governmental Affairs \u200cCommittee. <\/p>\n<p>Senator Rand\u2062 Paul \u200b(R-KY), the committee \u200cchairman, indicated that Noem is expected to\u2064 progress toward a Senate confirmation vote shortly after the inauguration. During \u200cthe hearing, \u200bNoem emphasized the importance of border security, asserting that it is\u200c the primary threat to homeland security and vowing to dismantle Biden-era immigration\u2062 initiatives\u200b once \u200bin office. She specifically noted that the CBP One app, which facilitates immigration appointments, would be eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>noem&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">nomination received strong backing<\/a> from Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), highlighting her support within \u2062the party. the hearing focused \u2062heavily on immigration and border issues, aligning with \u200bTrump&#8217;s \u2062governance&#8217;s hardline policies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Three takeaways from DHS nominee Kristi Noem&rsquo;s confirmation hearing<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1938166\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kristi-noem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kristi Noem<\/a>&nbsp;(R-SD),&nbsp;President-elect&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s nominee to lead the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>, cruised through a confirmation hearing Friday on Capitol Hill, just three days before the inauguration in Washington.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Noem is expected to be on track for a forthcoming Senate confirmation vote after surviving a fairly quiet hearing that lasted less than three hours. She faced a minimal amount of pushback from Deomcrats on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), the committee chairman, said he expects the panel to move on Noem&rsquo;s nomination on Monday following the inauguration ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t see a reason why they, Democrats, would maybe not let her go on Monday,&rdquo; Paul said. &ldquo;I think that Secretary of State [nominee] Rubio, I think there&rsquo;s a chance we&rsquo;ll vote on him on Monday.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Border security tops line of questioning<\/h2>\n<p>Border security came up time and time again through Noem&rsquo;s questioning.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Securing our homeland is a serious, sacred trust that must be relentlessly pursued and can never be taken for granted,&rdquo; Noem said, later adding that &ldquo;the No. 1 threat to our homeland security is the southern border.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Noem vowed to ensure Biden-era immigration initiatives would be shut down as soon as Trump took office. Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) asked if that would include ending CBP One, a phone app run by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to schedule appointments and receive documents for immigrants outside the country, who are overwhelmingly admitted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yes, senator,&rdquo; Noem said. &ldquo;We will eliminate the CBP One app, maintain some of the data that&rsquo;s in it that&rsquo;s critical to knowing who&rsquo;s in our country, but that app will no longer be in use.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Noem maintained that although she would be working with homeland security adviser Stephen Miller and &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republican-candidates-criticize-vice-president-kamala-harris-for-her-role-as-border-czar\/\" title=\"Senate Republican candidates criticize Vice President Kamala Harris for her role as &quot;border czar.\">border czar&#038;rdquo<\/a>; Tom Homan, Trump himself would be the one making decisions about the border.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, the president will be in charge of the border,&rdquo; Noem said.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Noem backed by top senator<\/h2>\n<p>Noem was introduced by Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Senate Majority Leader&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/John-Thune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Thune<\/a>&nbsp;(R-SD), who described her as a champion back home. Thune&rsquo;s endorsement as the top member of the 100-person Senate was a not-so-subtle nod to senators to confirm Noem.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to require a tremendous amount of persistence and determination, which I think she has, an enormous amount of energy, which she has in abundance, and frankly, what I would say is just absolute toughness can take some, some tough and hard leadership to get things back in order,&rdquo; Thune said.<\/p>\n<p>Thune added that he believed Noem, the governor of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/South-Dakota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Dakota<\/a>&nbsp;since 2019 and a former House member, possesses the skill set necessary to oversee the 260,000 employees at the DHS.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Securing the homeland is the &hellip; No. 1 constitutional priority as a Congress, and it is, for sure, the No. 1 priority of the voters in the last election, and it is the No. 1 priority for President Donald Trump,&rdquo; Cramer said. &ldquo;Naturally, he would say, &lsquo;Who is the toughest, smartest, most capable protector that I know? I think I&rsquo;d like to find a ranch woman, mom, grandmother, who knows how to protect her own.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Wildfire funding distribution<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) pushed Noem on whether she would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-declares-transgender-students-are-protected-under-title-ix\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Declares Transgender Students Are Protected Under Title IX\">withhold <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">federal funding<\/a><\/a> from a state or location at the order of Trump, a reference to Trump&rsquo;s previous threat not to give Federal Emergency Management Agency aid to people in California for political reasons.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We won&rsquo;t give him money to put out all his fires,&rdquo; Trump said about Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) last fall, as the California governor was asking for federal funding to fight an incoming Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The specter is there of potential discrimination based on politics withholding money from California or other states,&rdquo; Blumenthal said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not an unfounded fear.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Noem promised to exercise &ldquo;no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trudeau-claims-social-media-poses-challenge-to-democrats-going-forward-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trudeau claims social media poses \u2018challenge\u2019 to Democrats going forward - Washington Examiner\">political bias&#038;rdquo<\/a>; in the consideration of who to release federal funding to and vowed to stay within the confines of the law &mdash; that if someone was eligible, they would receive money.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Noem also claimed that federal agencies with high levels of employees working remotely had negatively affected the country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve heard since being nominated for this position that many of the agencies within the department are not showing up,&rdquo; Noem told Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA). &ldquo;They&rsquo;re not doing their jobs. Even FEMA, who is responsible for disaster response, that they have the alternative, some of these employees to not even respond to a disaster, which might explain the horrific results that we saw in North Carolina when they had such a terrible disaster that impacted families and communities, and FEMA failed them so miserably.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1938166\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1938166\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three key points from Kristi Noem&#8217;s DHS confirmation hearing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2391855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/dhs-confirmation-kristi-noem.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[48665,48723,48722,32359,37370],"class_list":["post-2391854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dhs-confirmation","tag-governance-issues","tag-hearing-highlights","tag-kristi-noem","tag-political-insights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/dhs-confirmation-kristi-noem.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391854"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391859,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391854\/revisions\/2391859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2391855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}