Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin to be DHS secretary, replacing Kristi Noem
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The Senate voted to confirm Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security, replacing Kristi Noem as DHS is shutdown leading to airport delays and lines.
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Monday to confirm Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security as the shutdown of the sprawling agency dragged into its sixth week with no end in sight.
The vote to confirm Mullin, a Republican senator from Oklahoma, as the head of DHS was 54-45, with Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., supporting his confirmation.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., the chairman of the panel overseeing DHS, voted against Mullin on Monday after he clashed with him at his hearing last week and questioned whether a man with “anger issues” could be trusted to set a good example for ICE and Border Patrol agents.
Mullin, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, takes the reins at DHS during a volatile time for the agency. He replaces Secretary Kristi Noem, his former House colleague, whom Trump fired about six weeks after DHS agents shot and killed two American citizens during immigration enforcement operations in Minneapolis.
In the wake of the killings of Rene Good and Alex Pretti, Democrats withheld their votes and forced a shutdown of DHS after Republicans refused to give into their demands to rein in ICE and Customs and Border Protection.
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