Amy McGrath

They started last year.

It's a continuing process.

Look, the last administration, the Biden administration, wasn't perfect, but that administration, along with Congress, gave veterans, in my belief, more benefits, better benefits, because the burn pit legislation that was passed.

And now we have a Republican administration that wraps itself around the flag.

that says that they love veterans.

And this is a perfect example of that's just totally not true.

I've seen it for years now.

Ever since I was a congressional fellow on the Hill, I saw it.

And I was just like, wow, what they say is not what they do.

Well, we have a lot to get through today.

I want to move on here.

Nicole, Congress is going into recess and DHS is, I guess, partially shut down.

But the DHS secretary, Kristi Noem, is getting a lot of scrutiny for her leadership of lack of leadership, I would say.

And it's not a pretty picture at DHS.

And with all the stuff going on in the field,

forefront of our country, what's happening and the chaos at DHS sometimes takes a back burner.

But I think it's a really important thing to talk about because this is a very large agency.

It has a lot of power.

We first started out in this administration with Kristi Noem firing the Coast Guard commandant and then moving into her house.

And then the DHS secretary is using Coast Guard planes, and then now she's leased a luxury 737 MAX jet.