WASHINGTON, March 23 -- Sen. John Thune issued the following press release:
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor:
Thune's remarks below (as delivered):
"Mr. President, the other nominee that we'll be confirming this week is somebody we all know well: our colleague Markwayne Mullin.
"President Trump has nominated Markwayne to be the secretary of homeland security.
"It's a tough assignment - made all the more challenging right now by Democrats' having shut down DHS for five weeks.
"But we all know that Markwayne isn't afraid of a challenge.
"Far from it.
"As a young man, Markwayne left college to take over his family plumbing business.
"He grew that small enterprise...