Rep. Mark Green: What's Next After House Impeached Mayorkas

Published: Feb. 15, 2024, 8 a.m.

b"The House on Tuesday voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, but the Democrat-controlled Senate is not expected to vote to remove him from office.\\xa0\\n\\u201cThere isn't a whole lot of power we have,\\u201d Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said of House members\\u2019 ability to push the Senate to hold a trial to consider ousting the homeland security chief.\\xa0\\nWith the two articles of impeachment now in the hands of the Senate, Green explained, Senate Majority Leader \\u201cChuck Schumer and his guys can \\u2026 either not hear it at all, they can have us come over and be referred to a committee and it's heard then in a committee and dies in a committee, or they can have us present to the entire Senate.\\u201d\\xa0\\nGreen and his colleagues who backed the impeachment are \\u201cgoing to get loud,\\u201d the Tennessee lawmaker said. \\u201cWe're going to get really loud. They're going to pay for it if they don't do something,\\u201d Green said of the Senate, \\u201cbecause the American people are with us on this.\\u201d\\xa0\\nGreen joins \\u201cThe Daily Signal Podcast\\u201d to discuss what the House Homeland Security Committee uncovered during its nearly yearlong investigation into Mayorkas that culminated in the secretary's impeachment.\\xa0\\nEnjoy the show!\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information."