Tillis places hold on all DHS nominees after Noem stonewalls OIG on 10 investigations

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced he was blocking all DHS nominations en bloc after submitting a letter from Inspector General Joseph Cuffari documenting 10 instances where Noem misled or obstructed his investigations. Tillis called DHS leadership a "disaster" and "failure" at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, and threatened to deny quorum in multiple committees if Noem failed to respond within two weeks. He simultaneously called for her resignation—one of two Senate Republicans to do so that day.