Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray 'refused to appear' before the Senate.
The Democratic chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee reprimanded the heads of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security for failing to appear for an annual hearing.According to Michigan Senator Gary Peters, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray 'refused to appear' before the Senate panel for their annual hearing on threats to the homeland.
'DHS and the FBI already have shared with the Committee and other Committees, and with the American public, extensive unclassified information about the current threat environment, including the recently published Homeland Threat Assessment. DHS takes seriously its obligation to respond to Congressional requests for testimony; in fact, Secretary Mayorkas has testified 30 times during his tenure.
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