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Homeland Security

Panel Delays Vote On Nielsen Pending Answers To Senators’ Questions

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 9th, 2017

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Panel Delays Vote On Nielsen Pending Answers To Senators’ Questions

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen

A Senate panel on Thursday postponed a confirmation vote on Kirstjen Nielsen to be the next Secretary of Homeland Security until at least Monday until she supplies answers to nearly 200 questions the committee posed following her nomination hearing on Wednesday.Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, addressing Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), the ranking member on the panel, said at the outset of committee meeting to consider Nielsen’s confirmation that “hopefully before Monday you’ll…

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