Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s appointment to lead the Department of Homeland Security would shake up the Appropriations Committee and create a vacancy atop the Legislative Branch Subcommittee.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was nominating Mullin, R-Okla., to replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. A White House spokesman said the administration would “work to confirm” Mullin “as quickly as possible.”
Mullin’s departure from the Senate would open a seat on the coveted spending panel, as well as the chair of the smallest of its dozen subcommittees.