Published November 9, 2023
Seventy House Republicans voted with Democrats on Thursday to move forward with funding for a new $300 million Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters to be built in Maryland.
On Wednesday, Republican Florida Representative Matt Gaetz introduced an amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill that would block the funding from being used to build a new FBI headquarters.
“They want to spend more than $300 million on that complex. Though the FBI has an employee base that’s about 2.3% of the United States military,” Gaetz stated Wednesday ahead of the vote. “They are literally asking for something that is larger than the Pentagon.”
Gaetz argued that the FBI does not deserve a new headquarters, stating that the agency wrongly launched investigations into American citizens and attempted to entrap members of the U.S. Senate.
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SOURCE: www.theblaze.com
RELATED: 70 Republicans Reward Weaponized FBI with $300M Gift – Here Are Their Names
Published November 9, 2023
Imagine voting to reward the FBI. Short of coercion, what would it take to make such a vote?
On Wednesday, 70 Republicans did exactly that, joining 203 Democrats in defeating a measure that would have denied the FBI a sprawling new headquarters priced at $300 million.
Readers can find the names of the 70 Republicans who voted with Democrats and the FBI here.
The shameful vote occurred on the same day that FBI agents appeared in force in the small town of Helmetta, New Jersey, to serve an arrest warrant for Gregory Yetman, who allegedly sprayed pepper spray toward Capitol Police in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.
According to the town mayor, that show of force included heavy armor.
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SOURCE: www.westernjournal.com
RELATED: Maryland Selected for New FBI Headquarter as 70 GOP Representatives Approve $300 Million Funding (VIDEO)
Published November 9, 2023
As the fiscal year 2024 approaches, the debate over government spending has taken center stage with Representative Steve Womack’s (R-AR) introduction of H.R.4664.
This bill provides FY2024 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies, including:
- the Department of the Treasury,
- the Executive Office of the President,
- the judiciary,
- the District of Columbia, and
- several independent agencies.
The independent agencies funded in the bill include:
- the Administrative Conference of the United States,
- the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,
- the Consumer Product Safety Commission,
- the Election Assistance Commission,
- the Federal Communications Commission,
- the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
- the Federal Election Commission,
- the Federal Labor Relations Authority,
- the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council,
- the Federal Trade Commission,
- the General Services Administration,
- the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation,
- the Merit Systems Protection Board,
- the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation,
- the National Archives and Records Administration,
- the National Credit Union Administration,
- the Office of Government Ethics,
- the Office of Personnel Management,
- the Office of Special Counsel,
- the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board,
- the Public Buildings Reform Board,
- the Securities and Exchange Commission,
- the Selective Service System,
- the Small Business Administration,
- the U.S. Postal Service, and
- the U.S. Tax Court.
An amendment was proposed by Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL), effectively seeking to bar the utilization of any funds for acquiring property intended for the new FBI headquarters.
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SOURCE: www.thegatewaypundit.com
