CORTEZ MASTO, PETERS, PADILLA, DURBIN, SCHUMER DEMAND SECRETARY MULLIN HALT 2026 ELECTION INTERFERENCE EFFORTS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto issued the following press release:

Washington, D.C. -U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in demanding Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin halt the Department's efforts to assert federal control over and undermine trust in the midterm elections.

"We write to warn you against continued activities at the Department of HomelandSecurity (DHS) thatseekto undermine the Constitutional authority of both Congress and statesto administer elections and defy the directions of federal courts. As Secretary of HomelandSecurity, you have promoted the...