Daines on Fox Business: “We Should Not Allow Democrats to Use a Shutdown to Put Pain on the American People”
March 18, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Larry Kudlow on Fox Business to discuss Senator Markwayne Mullin’s hearing to be DHS Secretary and the effects of the DHS shutdown across the nation. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines on the DHS shutdown: It’s nuts, Larry. I call this “reindeer games” up here on Capitol Hill. This is now day 33. The Democrats decided to shut down DHS at a time when our nation needs those kind of resources on the front lines. Look what’s going on in TSA. I understand right now the Houston airport, three to four hour