"Where is Safe America Media headquartered? Neguse asked. I don't know, Noem replied. I don't know either, Madam Secretary, the congressman replied. We can't find it. We can't find a website. We did find an address that's registered for this company. Do you know where that address is?"
"The company is registered to a political operative in Virginia. Do you know, just by way of example, whether this company, which received $143 million in taxpayers' dollars, has it ever done work for the government before? I don't know, Noem said. Neguse shot back: The answer is it has not! And do you know why we know that? Because it was incorporated 8 days before this contract."
During a House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Joe Neguse questioned Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about a $143 million advertising contract awarded to Safe America Media for Immigration and Customs Enforcement ads. The company was incorporated just eight days before receiving the contract and has no verifiable headquarters or website. Its registered address connects to a Republican political operative in Virginia. Noem could not explain why the company was selected or provide basic information about it. The contract was awarded through a no-bid process, with DHS identifying only four companies from hundreds of thousands as potential candidates. Safe America Media had never previously conducted work for the government.
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