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The Leader’s Floor Lookout: Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Washington, April 29, 2026
Here’s what to watch for on the House Floor today:
 
Responsibly Funding Our Brave ICE and Border Patrol to Keep Americans Safe

Today, House Republicans are bringing forward a budget resolution to pave the way for the end of Democrats’ dangerous shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security by instructing committees to responsibly fund our heroic Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through the end of President Trump’s term. 

By funding ICE and CBP through the reconciliation process, Republicans are able to ensure these vital national security agencies have the resources they need to keep Americans safe and the heroes who protect our nation are paid without capitulating to radical Democrat demands as they try to appease their far-left base. 

While we face elevated threat levels from around the world and radical leftist political violence here at home, Democrats have held DHS hostage for over 70 days. Time and time again, we have given Democrats the chance to do the right thing and responsibly fund the agencies protecting our homeland. Every time, they refused. Now, we’re doing it without them.

S. Con. Res. 33, sponsored by Sen. Lindsey Graham, establishes a congressional budget to responsibly fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through the end of President Trump’s term, ensuring these agencies are able to keep the American people safe from threats.

We cannot allow Democrats’ political games to jeopardize the safety of Americans. House Republicans will not stop until our brave ICE and CBP workers are paid and our agencies fully funded to defend the security of the United States. 

Extending FISA and Keeping Americans Safe from Foreign Threats and FISA Abuses

Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978 to create a process allowing the government to collect foreign intelligence on U.S. soil with court approval and congressional oversight. 

In 2008, Congress added Section 702 to FISA to enable the targeting of foreigners outside the U.S. who use U.S.-based services to communicate. This helps us surveil foreign spies and ensure we don’t relive the pre-9/11 failures to ‘connect the dots’ between terrorists plotting overseas and threats here at home.
 
FISA Section 702 is vital to our national security amid the rising threats we’re seeing from foreign adversaries like Iran, China, and drug cartels – however, due to previous abuses of FISA, the entire program required significant reforms before reauthorization. 

In 2024, Congress enacted legislation to reform Section 702 querying procedures at the FBI, limit the use of information obtained under Section 702, require greater oversight of Section 702 targeting decisions, reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), impose stronger criminal penalties for FISA violations, and hold leaders accountable for FISA abuses on their watch. In total, 56 reforms were called for in our legislation, and have already begun making a difference.

Now, with FISA Section 702 authority set to expire at a time when threat levels are elevated, House Republicans are bringing forward a 3-year extension of Section 702 to keep our country safe while upholding the vital reforms made in our last reauthorization and adding more to strengthen privacy protections for Americans, increase accountability and safeguards, and providing for a first-ever external review for the FBI. These additional reforms include expanding criminal penalties for abuses of FISA Section 702 and conducting an audit of Section 702 targeting procedures and implementation. 

H. Amdt. to S. 1318, the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act, sponsored by Chairman Rick Crawford, amends the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of FISA through April 30, 2029, maintaining our national security while adding to previous reforms that protect Americans' privacy and address Intelligence Community abuses.

House Republicans are working to ensure that our Intelligence Community has the tools they need to protect our nation from foreign threats while ensuring FISA is not abused against American citizens.