Senate Confirms Mullin as DHS Secretary Despite His Refusal to Stop FEMA's Freefall

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Senator Markwayne Mullin as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, giving the Trump administration a green light to continue dismantling the federal government's disaster response capabilities. The confirmation comes just days after Mullin's hearing, where he refused to commit to stopping devastating workforce cuts, declined to name a permanent FEMA administrator, and offered no timeline for stabilizing an agency that has cycled through acting leader after acting leader amid months of turmoil.

"The Senate just confirmed a DHS Secretary who couldn't explain how he'd stop FEMA from falling apart," said Sabotaging Our Safety Advisory Council member Ashley Shelton. "Secretary Mullin inherits an agency gutted by workforce cuts and hundreds of millions of dollars in withheld relief funds, leaving disaster survivors across the country waiting while this administration puts loyalty over lives. His confirmation is the same sabotage with a new face. The American people deserve a FEMA built to serve them, not one weaponized for politics or starved of resources. Secretary Mullin now owns that responsibility."