The U.S. federal government "stop" continued, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security spent about $1.72 billion to buy two "G700" luxury aircraft for Secretary Christie Norma and other senior officials, raising questions.

Reported that Noam said at a press conference that day,"These aircraft are new aircraft from the Coast Guard (affiliated with the Department of Homeland Security) to replace 25-year-old aircraft that are necessary for their mission. Congress has approved and allocated funding in the Big and Beautiful bill, and we are grateful that this has been moved forward."

The report mentioned that the amount of the aircraft order far exceeded the original application from the Department of Homeland Security, which requested $50 million to purchase a new aircraft.

The British "Independent" said on October 18th, local time, that Democratic lawmakers criticized this move as another example of Noam's profligacy at the expense of taxpayer funds, especially during the "shutdown" of the federal government. According to the report, a letter reviewed by The New York Times showed that Rep. Rosa DeLauro of *, Conn., and Rep. Lauren Underwood of *, Ill., asked Norm to "clarify the source of funds". In their letter, they said, "We are deeply concerned about your (Norm's) judgment, leadership and responsibility as a taxpayer's money manager".

"The Hill" added that Senator richard blumenthal of *, Conn., posted on social platform X on the same day, "Secretary Noam spent more than $170 million to buy aircraft for her luxury travel, which was enough to pay a lot of salaries for the U.S. Federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and air traffic controllers." Blumenthal said, "She should pay these key staff and stop putting personal interests above conscientious public officials."