WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 18: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY) (L) and ranking member Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) speak during the confirmation hearing for U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to be the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump nominated Mullin to replace Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)