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Heated exchange on ATF funding during CJS markup includes disputed cut figures and conflict allegation
Summary
Debate on the proposed budget for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives centered on sharp reductions, restrictions in the bill text and a contentious exchange in which a committee member accused another of having a financial interest in guns.
During the House Appropriations Subcommittee markup of the Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce-Justice-Science bill, a sustained debate focused on proposed limits and cuts to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), touching off a heated exchange between members over the size of the cut and a potential pecuniary interest.
Representative Dean, a member of the subcommittee, reviewed language in the CJS bill that would restrict ATF activities and said the bill “proposes a budget for ATF of $1,200,000,000. It is a $4,418,000,000 cut, a 48% cut to ATF,” and said that would “require…
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