Amna Nawaz
@PBSNewsHour·5.3M subscribers·62.2K videos
WATCH: Rep. Walkinshaw asks Mullin to sell luxury jets bought by former DHS head Kristi Noem
Posted
June 3, 2026
Views
1,953
Likes
48
Engagement
2.46%
June 3, 2026
1,953
48
2.46%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
2:34Now PlayingRep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., asked Homeland Secretary Markwayne Mullin whether his department would commit to selling two Gulfstream private jets his predecessor Kristi Noem purchased for more than $170 million.
“Actually those planes are inside the Coast Guard, so they were actually purchased for the Coast Guard,” Mullin said. The Coast Guard is under the Department of Homeland Security.
Mullin asked why he needed to sell the planes, adding that the Coast Guard needs assets.
Walkinshaw asked whether Mullin had flown on a Gulfstream jet to his home in Oklahoma.
“Of course I have,” Mullin said. “I'm required to.”
Funding for immigration enforcement under Mullin’s department has been lately held up by Republican senators who opposed a Trump administration “anti-weaponization fund.” On Tuesday, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the fund was being abandoned.
Mullin faced senators on Tuesday in his first congressional hearing since his confirmation to Trump’s Cabinet. The former Oklahoma lawmaker was questioned on his fledgling leadership of the agency, including his threats to remove Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in locations considered "sanctuary cities" by the Trump administration.
Sign up for Here's The Deal with Lisa Desjardins
Subscribe for exclusive content in our newsletters
PBS News podcasts
Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app
Find more from PBS News at
Subscribe to our YouTube channel
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
