Rep. Bilirakis Calls for Probe into Homeland Security Funding of ACORN |
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WASHINGTON (9 October) – U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis (R-Fla.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight, today sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano requesting information on the distribution and oversight of the Department of Homeland Security’s funding to ACORN and its affiliates. Full committee Ranking Member Peter King (R-N.Y.) and every Subcommittee Ranking Member joined Bilirakis in signing the letter. To read the letter in its entirety click here.
“There needs to be an immediate accounting of any funding ACORN is receiving from the Department of Homeland Security,” added Bilirakis. “Scarce homeland security resources should only be provided to reputable organizations that will strengthen our nation’s security, not wasted on those that won’t.”
On September 17, Bilirakis contacted Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate expressing strong opposition to the Agency’s September 4, 2009, decision to award a nearly $1 million Fire Prevention and Safety grant to the ACORN Institute of New Orleans, Louisiana. FEMA officials recently announced that the agency has not, and will not; provide any of this funding to ACORN, an organization that has engaged in questionable, and in some cases unlawful behavior.
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