Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander released the following statement about her vote against H.R. 7147, the Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Homeland Security funding bill:

“Nothing matters more to me than keeping the people of New Hampshire safe, and I’m proud and grateful to be working alongside New Hampshire law enforcement partners who uphold the rule of law and put their lives on the line every day to do just that.

“Public safety depends on public trust, and public trust depends on transparency, professionalism, and accountability in federal law enforcement. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security can and must enforce our laws and secure our borders to keep America safe while protecting our rights and freedoms. That is not happening with Secretary Kristi Noem at the helm. 

“Secretary Noem got a blank check of more than $150 billion from President Trump and Congressional Republicans in the so-called ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act.’ Those American taxpayer dollars are being deployed by ICE to thwart basic transparency and due process, upend mission-critical professional standards, endanger our fellow citizens, evade essential accountability, undermine our local leaders, sow chaos and fear in our communities, usurp congressional authority, impose unprecedented burdens on our federal courts, and, as a result, imperil the safety of our state and our nation. 

“That is why I fought to include commonsense guardrails in this funding bill designed to ensure ICE follows the law, operates transparently and professionally, and is accountable to the people it is entrusted with serving and protecting. These commonsense guardrails were rejected by Speaker Johnson and Congressional Republicans, and I could not vote in good faith to empower ICE to operate without the oversight, professionalism, or accountability that the American people need and deserve.”

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