Gaetz tried to stop $375 million in cash for a new FBI HQ —but ultimately, his amendment failed…
On Wednesday, when the House was hearing amendments to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for 2024, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz made his case that not one dollar should go to the “nefarious” FBI for a new headquarters in Washington D.C.
“I don’t believe that the FBI deserves a massive new headquarters or Washington field office…building a new headquarters would condone, reinforce and enable the Washington field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s nefarious behavior,” Gaetz said on Wednesday.
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Gaetz released a statement after the failed vote to adopt his amendment.
“Time after time we have seen the FBI target President Trump, people who believe in the Second Amendment, parents attending school board meetings, and more recently, some of their own brave FBI whistleblowers who have spoken up about the weaponization of our Federal Government,” Gaetz said in a statement following his failed amendment. “We should not be awarding nefarious behavior by wasting hundreds of millions of dollars for a new headquarters in the DC area.”
“Although my amendment failed, I will continue my fight to defang and defund government agencies that have been weaponized against the American people,” Congressman Gaetz said.