00:00So, Secretary Noem, at any time during your tenure as Director of Department of Homeland Security,
00:06have you had sexual relations with Corey Lewandowski?
00:11Mr. Chairman, I am shocked that we're going down and peddling tabloid garbage in this committee today.
00:18And ma'am, one thing that I would tell you is that he is a special government employee who works
00:23for the White House.
00:24There are thousands of them in the federal government.
00:26While reclaiming my time, Secretary, it is okay for you to be offended by the question.
00:31It is okay for you to be offended by the question, but it is also a real question.
00:37So what I would say to you is that what we do at the Department of Homeland Security every single
00:42day,
00:43every single day is to protect this country and to make decisions.
00:47If you or any federal official is sleeping with their subordinate, that should be the easiest.
00:51You should be wanting to answer that question.
00:54Because it is not about your sex life, it is about your judgment.
00:58So that kind of garbage has been refuted for years, and you need to recognize here.
01:04Time belongs to the gentlelady from California, but it would be nice if you would let her respond.
01:09I will.
01:10I want to let you know it is about your judgment and decision-making.
01:14It is about the 260,000 employees that work under you that want to make sure that you are giving
01:21information and making decisions clearly.
01:23It is about conflict of interest.
01:26It is about a national security risk.
01:29Department of Homeland Security was created right after 9-11 to protect the homeland.
01:35And DHS has circulated an internal bulletin to law enforcement partners warning that the conflict of the war we're in
01:42could inspire lone actors or small-scale cyber activity inside the United States,
01:48according to a memo obtained by ABC News.
01:51So American lives are at risk, the people who work for you are at risk, and they want to know
01:57that the person at the top, you, are making decisions clearly, without any sort of cloudiness.
02:07So American lives.
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