Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warned Tuesday that the DHS is running out of options to keep paying workers during the partial government shutdown, saying emergency funds used to cover payroll could be exhausted by early May.
Speaking on Fox & Friends, Mullin said the department's payroll burden is simply too large to sustain much longer without congressional action. "That money is dried up if I continue down this path the first week of May, because my payroll at DHS is just over $1.6 billion every two weeks," Mullin said. He added that after the next paycheck, "There is no more emergency fund, so the president can't do another executive order for us to use money, because there's no more money there."
