Mayorkas, Wray Skip Senate Homeland Security Public Hearing

The FBI and DHS have said they would be willing to brief the Senate on national security conditions in a classified setting.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (L) and FBI Director Christopher Wray (R) testify before the House Homeland Security Committee in Washington on Nov. 15, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Chris Wray declined requests to testify at a Nov. 21 Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing.

The Senate committee had called the hearing to discuss ongoing threats to national security and called on Mayorkas and Wray to address the committee in an open setting.