Markwayne Mullin: “When I became Secretary of Homeland, my number one focus was…”

“They still wanted to make sure that their state, their. Their constituents were secure, but yet they were willing to shut us down. When I became Secretary of Homeland, my number one focus was to get us funded. Hands down. That was my number one focus. 70, 80% of my time was trying to negotiate a solution to reopen at the end of the day, just for the sake of.” (00:56–01:02)

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