Rep. Thompson introduces resolutions calling for DHS to assess cyber impacts from freezes on grants, workforce needs

House Homeland Security ranking member Bennie Thompson (D-MS) has introduced a pair of resolutions to direct the Department of Homeland Security to report to the committee on the cybersecurity implications of the Trump administration’s freezes on grant funding and hiring federal workers.

Thompson announced the two resolutions of inquiry at a Wednesday hearing on growing the cyber workforce. He said both measures will “ensure that the Committee has the information necessary to evaluate whether Donald Trump and Elon Musk...