Weldon organizes homeland security caucus.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Security Beat

he House of Representatives is planning to create a homeland security caucus in an effort to shape homeland security legislation, Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Penn, announced in a recent speech.

The caucus will be an outlet for the members of the House's Select Committee on Homeland Security and others to debate issues and push legislation.

Weldon--who is vice-chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and a member of the Select Committee on Homeland Security--will co-chair the caucus with Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash.

Weldon said he met with both Republican and Democrat congressmen to...