A more than 20 percent cut to the FBI budget could have a drastic effect on the agency’s ability to tackle violent criminals, child abuse, and the economic espionage threat from China, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned lawmakers on April 27.
Wray issued the warning during his testimony to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to discuss President Joe Biden’s budget request for the FBI for the fiscal year 2024, just one day after House Republicans narrowly passed a bill authorizing a $1.5 trillion increase in the debt ceiling.
The House voted 217–215 to pass the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 (pdf), which would also slash trillions of dollars in government spending, including a 22 percent reduction in funding for the FBI….