
In a Senate hearing that electrified Capitol Hill, Republican Senator John Kennedy unleashed a ferocious critique of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, challenging her stewardship of taxpayers' money and her increasingly controversial political conduct.
In extended exchanges before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Kennedy pressed Noem on her role in a reported £175 million ($220 million) Department of Homeland Security advertising campaign that prominently featured her image, questioning whether the expenditure was justified.