Senator Van Hollen
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first heard Mar 2026
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Will you or will you not?
implement court orders?
You just said that you will not follow every court order because you— No, no, Chris, Senator, don't start putting words on my mouth.
It's endless.
Anytime somebody disagrees with you, whether it's a member of this committee, whether it's a state public health agency, whether it's a federal court, they are politicizing the Department of- Sir, that's exactly what you're doing.
Of Homeland Security.
security.
I've just been sort of chilled by our interaction.
Secretary, I think you were crazy to have taken on this job.
But at your confirmation hearing, you did promise that you would get DHS out of the headlines.
We took you at your word, but nothing has really gotten better.
In fact, you spent the first two months of your tenure threatening to suspend international arrivals in states represented by Democrats.
Not only would that throw our entire air travel system into chaos, it's completely illegal, which underscores the main issue of this hearing.
The reason why Democrats and Republicans were not able to find agreement on the underlying DHS appropriations bill is because never before in the history of our nation has a federal agency been run so far off the rails as the Department of Homeland Security.
Every day, this agency is breaking the law at scale and wasting billions of taxpayer dollars.
The MeidasTouch Podcast · Trump FBI Director Comes Unglued Under Cross Exam at Hearing · 13 May 2026
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And so there have been no occasions when your security detail had difficulty waking or locating you, is that right?
I'm not saying it, Director Patel.
It's been written and documented.
No, I'm saying that these are reports, Director Patel.
at the lobby bar was you.
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