Watch the most viral moments as Kristi Noem’s hearing goes off the rails

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem fielded tough questions on ICE actions amid a broader funding fight — and some GOP and Democratic lawmakers are calling for her resignation

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The hours-long hearing comes as the Senate remains deadlocked on a plan to fully fund DHS through September. Democrats in the chamber previously outlined a list of 10 demands they said immigration officers must meet before they would agree to pass the short-term funding measures. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, and others have criticized Noem for asking them to fully fund DHS despite the weeks that passed between the two ICE shootings in Minnesota and Noem's testimony. She "expects us to rubber stamp her record-breaking budget in the meantime," Durbin said previously.

Meanwhile, Republicans and Noem used the hearing Tuesday to warn of the knockdown effects the partial shutdown has had on the myriad federal departments and agencies housed under DHS's sprawling umbrella — including the Secret Service, Transportation Security Administration, FEMA, and U.S. Coast Guard, among others.