This is Sarah Stewart-Holland.

This is Beth Silvers. You're listening to Pantsuit Politics. Today, we are going to talk about the Department of Homeland Security, which has been mostly shut down for over a month.

And it's likely new leader, Senator Mark Wayne Mullen. Then we're going to talk

about affordability and housing. Why is it so hard to buy a house in America? Why is it so hard

to insure that house? And will a new bipartisan Senate bill help those problems? Then outside

of politics, we're doing something pretty different today. March is colorectal cancer awareness month. A beloved longtime Pansuit Politics listener, Rebecca Hardwick Massman, passed away in February from colon cancer. Another listener, Brooke, asked us to share more about screening. And a college friend, Jessica Lotz, just went through diagnosis and treatment. So Jessica is joining us today to very generously share her story and encourage all of us who are in our mid-40s to go get that colonoscopy.

If you haven't already, make sure you get your ticket to our Minneapolis live show and after party in August.

We are so excited to be in the city and to be supporting some local businesses, hearing from

local leaders about what the city has been through this year. We're also going to have a lot of fun.

We're going to play Majong. We're going to do all kinds of special things. You do not want to miss

this live event in the incredible weekend that surrounds it.

You can learn more and get tickets through the link in the show notes.

Next up, let's talk about Mark Wayne Mullen.

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