Mullin Sparks House Hearing Clash Over 3,900 Child Separations, Rebuked by GOP Chair
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Updated · The Daily Beast · Jun 25
Mullin Sparks House Hearing Clash Over 3,900 Child Separations, Rebuked by GOP Chair
3 articles · Updated · The Daily Beast · Jun 25
Summary
Markwayne Mullin repeatedly interrupted Rosa DeLauro during a House appropriations hearing, turning her questioning on border policy into a shouting match that forced Chairman Mark Amodei to intervene.
The clash erupted after DeLauro cited 3,900 family separations under Trump; Mullin fired back that 450,000 children were "lost" under Biden, a figure the report says misstates data on unaccompanied minors and missed ICE court cases.
Amodei, a Republican, publicly scolded Mullin more than once, telling him members must keep their allotted time, banging the gavel for order and reminding the DHS secretary, "it's my hearing."
The confrontation continued as DeLauro pressed Mullin on Trump budget cuts, ICE conduct and TSA labor protections, while the administration remains in a funding standoff with Democrats over ICE and lawmakers separately push to keep TSA agents paid.
The episode underscored a broader pattern of Trump officials taking a combative line on Capitol Hill, though Mullin's approach also drew resistance from his own party's chairman.