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A House oversight hearing on the Department of Homeland Security was disrupted Thursday after purple-haired Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., pointed at Secretary Markwayne Mullin and demanded the committee chairman “put him in his place.”
DeLauro and Mullin got into several shouting matches during questioning, while House Appropriations Committee Chairman Mark Amodei, R-Nev., struggled to keep order in the room.
At one point, when DeLauro ripped the Trump administration for a border policy he said meant “3,900 children were separated from their families,” Mullin interrupted, saying, “450,000 children were lost under the Biden administration, and you didn’t say anything about that.”
In response, DeLauro appeared angry, pointing his finger and shouting, “Mr. Secretary, Mr. Secretary, don’t interrupt.”
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., got into a shouting match with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin during a House hearing Thursday. (Heather Diehl/Getty Images; SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)
Mullin replied, “Don’t point your finger at me.”
“I’ll point my finger at you,” DeLauro replied.
“Don’t be a hypocrite. You should feel bad for the 450,000 missing children. [under Biden],” Mullin said.
After DeLauro said, “I’m upset,” Mullin continued to press, saying, “You didn’t say anything about it. For four years you didn’t say anything.”
After this, Amodei tried to mediate, saying, “Mr. Secretary.”
Turning to the secretary at center stage, DeLauro said, “Can you put him in his place?”
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Two young brothers from Honduras who were found abandoned near the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Texas DPS)
At this, Amodei turned to DeLauro and said, “Well, don’t yell at me.”
“You have to be put in your place,” Mullin replied.
Finally, the chair struck the gavel, saying, “We’re going to have something like order here.” Turning to Mullin, he said, “If you’d like to answer later there are ways to do that but he’s not the type to talk too much on the microphone.”
Despite this, Mullin said, “I’m not going to sit here and listen to his lies and sue him for something that doesn’t make sense,” DeLauro said, “Don’t sue me for lying, don’t.”
“Don’t do that,” Mullin said.
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President Donald Trump (C) is joined by (L-R) US Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL), House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), US Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO), US Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY), House Majority Whip-M Tom Emmer McRp. US Representative Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), US House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and US Representative Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) as they speak before signing the Secure America Act in the Oval Office of the White House on June 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. The $70 billion package is focused entirely on funding Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations through the end of Trump’s term in office in FY2029. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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“There is concern for children all over the world,” DeLauro continued. “We are very concerned about what happens to the children. I went to the border and looked at the children in those fenced areas years ago and what happened to them. So, I have a long history, Mr. Secretary, in this area. 3,900 children were separated.”
On the same day as the hearing, the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration two major immigration wins. The court ruled that Homeland Security officials may resume turning back immigrants seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border before they enter the country to apply for asylum. The court also allowed the administration to end Temporary Protected Status for approximately 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians while limiting judicial review of future TPS decisions.
