House Republicans railed in opposition to a provision of the $1.2 trillion federal investment package deal that handed Friday that can fund a brand new FBI headquarters in Maryland.
Tucked away within the 1,012-page invoice used to be a line that appropriated $200 million for the General Services Administration to construct a brand new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland. The new investment outraged some House Republicans, who’ve accused the bureau of political bias.
“The $1.2 trillion, 1000-page swamp-bus released in the dead of night includes $200 MILLION for a new FBI Headquarters So much for those ‘cuts’ to FBI,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, posted on X.
The FBI price range had been integrated in an inventory of “sellouts and failures” contained within the spending package deal posted through Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa.
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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, slammed a provision within the $1.2 trillion federal investment package deal that grants $200 million for a brand new FBI headquarters in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Republicans cling an extended listing of grievances in opposition to the FBI together with the investigations into former President Trump, an anti-Catholic memo that known conventional Catholics as possible “terrorists,” and actions all over the pandemic to flag so-called incorrect information on social media.
The FBI has contested GOP allegations and maintained its legislation enforcement operations aren’t influenced through politics. But the bureau’s denials have no longer quieted its critics.
“The FBI labels parents as domestic terrorists, targets pro-lifers, and wages a war against conservative Americans. Their punishment? $200 MILLION for a new headquarters in this ‘minbus,’” stated Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo. “Vote NO.”
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The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, house to the FBI headquarters, is noticed on June 9, 2023, in Washington. The development is in disrepair and several other lawmakers say the FBI wishes price range to construct a brand new headquarters. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
In November, the Biden management introduced Greenbelt, a Washington, D.C., suburb, as the house for a brand new FBI facility to interchange the crumbling J. Edgar Hoover Building, which is blocks clear of the White House.
The GSA, which manages the federal government’s actual property portfolio, stated that Greenbelt website about 13 miles northeast of Washington used to be the most affordable one with the most productive get entry to to public transit.
Lawmakers authorized $375 million for the headquarters undertaking in a central authority investment invoice ultimate yr. Rep Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., had put ahead an modification to strip that investment from the fiscal 2023 invoice, however used to be unsuccessful.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight listening to on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Dec. 5, 2023. (AP/Susan Walsh)
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., welcomed the extra $200 million for the FBI in a commentary Thursday, calling the brand new development in Prince George’s County one in every of his “top priorities.”
“This funding that I worked to secure within our FSGG appropriations bill is another critical step in moving forward with the new headquarters in Greenbelt,” stated Van Hollen, chairman of the Financial Services Appropriations Subcommittee, in a commentary to Roll Call.
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“We are ready to welcome the FBI to its new, consolidated headquarters in Maryland,” added Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md. “The latest funding adds to the more than $1.5 billion already available for this important and urgent project,” he advised Roll Call.
Fox News Digital’s Danielle Wallace contributed to this record.
