{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/after-new-york-city-ramming-attack-mccaskill-continues-push-to-prevent-cuts-to-counterterrorism-programs", "After New York City Ramming Attack, McCaskill Continues Push to Prevent Cuts to Counterterrorism Programs", "2017-11-29", "2017", "2017-11", "Democrat", "House", "MO", "Claire McCaskill", "M001170", "www.mccaskill.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "After New York City Ramming Attack, McCaskill Continues Push to Prevent Cuts to Counterterrorism Programs \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t Senator asks Department of Homeland Security if any of the programs slated to be cut were used to respond to recent attack in New York City \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, November 29, 2017\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today wrote the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeking information on whether grant programs targeted for major cuts were used to respond to the recent terrorist attack in New York City in which a vehicle was used to ram into a crowded bicycle lane killing eight people.\r\n\r\nIn a letter to Acting DHS Secretary Elaine Duke, McCaskill questions whether a risk analysis had been conducted prior to cuts to multiple counterterrorism programs proposed in the Administration\u2019s 2018 budget, as well as how those programs had been brought to bear in preventing or responding to previous terrorist attacks inside the United States.\r\n\r\n\u201cWe\u2019ve seen both at home and abroad that terrorists are turning to motor vehicles to target innocent people on the street\u2014and we\u2019ve got communities in Missouri and other states that need federal resources to keep their citizens safe,\u201d McCaskill said. \u201cResources that were used in New York or across the country to prevent or respond to terrorist attacks shouldn\u2019t be on the chopping block.\u201d\r\n\r\nIn her role leading the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, McCaskill has repeatedly raised concerns over proposed Administration cuts to these and other similar programs. A report issued by the Committee earlier this year highlighted the impact of the Administration\u2019s proposed $582.8 million in cuts from critical counterterrorism programs that DHS administers.\r\n\r\n\u201cCuts of this magnitude hinder communities\u2019 abilities to protect Americans from terrorist attacks and keep our country safe,\u201d McCaskill wrote to Duke. \u201cThese programs not only help our nation\u2019s largest cities, like New York City and Washington, D.C., but also smaller metropolitan areas like those in my own state of Missouri\u2026.I am concerned that the Administration would cut these programs without an adequate understanding of their use in preventing and responding to terror attacks.\u201d\r\n\r\nMcCaskill\u2019s letter to Duke is available online HERE.\r\n\r\nVisit\u00a0mccaskill.senate.gov/defense\u00a0to read more about McCaskill\u2019s efforts to strengthen national security.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/media-center/news-releases/after-new-york-city-ramming-attack-mccaskill-continues-push-to-prevent-cuts-to-counterterrorism-programs"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.902023795992136, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}