WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — U.S. Representative August Pfluger has been named an Impeachment Manager in the Senate Impeachment Trial of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 214-213 to impeach Mayorkas on Tuesday, Feb. 13. The House had failed to impeach Mayorkas in a vote the week before.
Pfluger, who represents Texas's 11th Congressional District, which includes part of Killeen, TX to Midland, TX, is the Chairman of the Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement and Intelligence Subcommittee on the House Homeland Security Committee, according to a release.
Pfluger's office states that he has been "instrumental in the Committee's efforts to secure the southern border by helping author the strongest border security legislation ever passed by the House, exposing the number of known and suspected terrorists crossing the southern border, authoring the law to seal cross-border drug tunnels, and more."
Mayorkas faced two articles of impeachment filed by the Homeland Security Committee arguing that he "willfully and systematically" refused to enforce existing immigration laws and that he breached the public trust by lying to Congress and saying the border was secure."
"It is a sad day when Congress is left with no options but to impeach a Cabinet Secretary," said Pfluger in a statement. "I will proudly represent the interests of Texans in laying out the case for why Secretary Mayorkas deserves to be impeached for the national security crisis he has created at our border."
The Senate is expected to receive the articles of impeachment from the House after returning to session on Feb. 26.
The resolution authorizing Rep. Pfluger as an impeachment manager can be found here.
For more on the Mayorkas impeachment trial, visit this link.
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