WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. Andy Kim issued the following press release:

Today, Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) voted against Senator Markwayne Mullin's nomination to be Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and against the deep rot of lawlessness and corruption within the Trump administration.

Senator Kim has directly pressed Mullin about the critical reforms Americans need to see at the agency. With his confirmation, Senator Kim is committed to holding Secretary Mullin accountable to the promises he made to the American people, including visiting Roxbury, New Jersey, where DHS is trying to build a detention facility against the local community's wishes, and reversing Kristi Noem's needless red tape that held up critical FEMA ...