3小时前 发布于2026年3月19日，美国东部时间中午12:14
作者：摩根·里默
参议员约翰·费特曼在周三的确认听证会上发言。
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民主党参议员约翰·费特曼周四投出关键一票，支持马克韦恩·穆林（Markwayne Mullin）的提名，使其成为美国国土安全部部长候选人。这一跨党派支持将唐纳德·特朗普总统的提名人送交到参议院全体会议进行审议。
他在社交平台X（原推特）上解释了自己决定与参议院国土安全和政府事务委员会的共和党人站在一起，支持这位俄克拉荷马州共和党参议员，以接替即将卸任的国土安全部部长克里斯蒂·诺姆（Kristi Noem）。
“今年1月，我呼吁总统解雇诺姆——他照做了。我确实以开放的心态对待我的同事兼朋友穆林参议员的确认事宜，”费特曼写道。
“我们需要国土安全部的领导。我们必须重组国土安全部。我投赞成票的根源在于与穆林参议员建立了牢固、坚定且富有建设性的工作关系，以保障国家的安全，”他继续说道。
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如果获得确认，穆林将领导一个拥有超过26万名员工的部门，该部门监督着包括移民与海关执法局（ICE）、运输安全管理局（TSA）和海岸警卫队在内的关键机构。
特朗普总统本月早些时候宣布，将诺姆调任新职位，并任命穆林接替她。
委员会以8-7的投票结果推进了他的提名。
在共和党主席兰德·保罗（Rand Paul）表示因对穆林性格的担忧而不会支持其提名后，委员会的投票结果取决于费特曼的决定。
在周三的听证会上，穆林受到部分参议院同僚的严厉质询，保罗重提了长期存在的争执——穆林曾称保罗为“毒蛇”，并表示他“理解”为何保罗的邻居在2017年攻击了他。保罗还引用了2023年的一场听证会，当时穆林似乎准备与一名证人发生肢体冲突。
“我很震惊，你竟然为这场暴力袭击辩护并表示庆祝，这给我和我的家人带来了巨大的痛苦。我只是想知道，一个为政治对手的暴力行为叫好的人，是否适合领导一个一直在努力接受‘适当使用武力’限制的机构，”肯塔基州参议员保罗在听证会上对穆林说。
保罗多次要求穆林为他的言论道歉，但穆林拒绝了。相反，穆林辩称两人应该“搁置争议”，继续推进对他的提名审议。
“如果你愿意搁置，我可以。让我赢得你的尊重。让我赢得这个职位。我不会让你失望。我不会退缩于挑战，”他说。
在双方来回辩论后，费特曼鼓励两人向前看。
“我知道这里有很多强烈的个人情绪，而且绝对地，我……这太可怕了，发生了这样的事，政治暴力，我的意思是，现在它非常猖獗。但同样，国际卡车司机兄弟会主席肖恩·奥布莱恩（Sean O’Brien）也在这里，不是来进行第二轮（辩论）的。他来这里是因为他完全支持你的……所以现在，这是关于放下分歧，继续前进，”费特曼提到了2023年听证会上的证人——国际卡车司机兄弟会主席肖恩·奥布莱恩。
在周四会议开始时，委员会的民主党领袖加里·彼得斯（Gary Peters）参议员表示，他计划对提名投反对票，并质疑该议员是否具备“经验或性格”来担任这一职务。
多数党领袖约翰·图恩（John Thune）表示，他希望下周初就穆林的提名举行参议院全体投票。
Fetterman explains why he crossed party lines to support Mullin for DHS chief | CNN Politics
3 hr ago PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2026, 12:14 PM ET
By Morgan Rimmer
Sen. John Fetterman speaks during Wednesday’s confirmation hearing.
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Democratic Sen. John Fetterman cast the deciding vote Thursday to advance Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to serve as US Department of Homeland Security secretary, crossing party lines to send President Donald Trump’s nominee to the full Senate for consideration.
He explained in a post on X his decision to join Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in backing the Oklahoma Republican senator to replace outgoing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
“In January, I called on the president to fire Noem—and he did. I truly approached the confirmation of my colleague and friend, Senator Mullin, with an open-mind,” Fetterman wrote.
“We need a leader at DHS. We must reopen DHS. My AYE is rooted in a strong committed, constructive working relationship with Senator Mullin for our nation’s security,” he continued.
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If confirmed, Mullin will lead a department of more than 260,000 employees that oversees critical agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration and the Coast Guard.
Trump announced earlier this month that he was moving Noem to a new position and naming Mullin to replace her.
The committee voted to advance his nomination 8-7.
The panel’s recommendation hinged on Fetterman’s decision after Republican Chairman Rand Paul declared he would not support Mullin, citing concerns with the Oklahoma senator’s temperament.
During Mullin’s grilling by some of his Senate colleagues Wednesday, Paul reprised a long-simmering feud in which Mullin called him a “snake” and said he “understood” why Paul’s neighbor had attacked him in 2017. Paul also cited a 2023 hearing in which Mullin appeared prepared to physically fight a witness.
“I was shocked that you would justify and celebrate this violent assault that caused me so much pain and my family so much pain. I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the right person to lead an agency that has struggled to accept limits to the proper use of force,” Paul of Kentucky told Mullin during the hearing.
Repeatedly, Paul pressed Mullin to apologize for his comments, but Mullin refused. Instead, Mullin argued the pair should “set it aside,” and move forward with considering his nomination.
“I can set it aside, if you’re willing to set it aside. Let me earn your respect. Let me earn the job. I won’t fail you. I won’t back down from a challenge,” he said.
After the back-and-forth, Fetterman encouraged both men to move on.
“I know there’s a lot of hard personal feelings here, and absolutely I would, I — It’s terrible, what’s happened and political violence, I mean, it’s, it’s rampant so now. But also, also President O’Brien’s here, not for round two. He’s here because he fully supports your … so it’s about, it’s about letting it go and moving on,” Fetterman said, referencing President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Sean O’Brien – the witness at the 2023 hearing.
At the top of Thursday’s meeting, the top Democrat on the committee, Sen. Gary Peters, said he planned to vote no on the nomination and also questioned whether the lawmaker had the “experience or the temperament” to serve in the role.
Majority Leader John Thune has said he hopes to hold a full Senate vote on Mullin’s nomination early next week.
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