Senators question Noem about CISA cuts, but get few details

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declined to provide specifics Tuesday on what would be removed from the nation’s leading cybersecurity agency in light of the Trump administration’s proposed $491 million budget cut to the organization. 

Multiple U.S. senators pressed Noem during a Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing for more details on how exactly the department plans to find nearly $500 million worth of cuts at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

Noem stuck to answers she has given in previous hearings and speeches, focusing on Trump administration efforts to remove CISA offices that focus on Russian and Chinese disinformation and misinformation campaigns. 

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