{"id":1546562,"date":"2025-07-11T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T23:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1546562"},"modified":"2025-07-11T19:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T23:05:00","slug":"senate-committee-votes-to-block-fbi-headquarters-relocation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/senate-committee-votes-to-block-fbi-headquarters-relocation\/1546562\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Committee Votes To Block FBI Headquarters Relocation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senate Committee Votes To Block FBI Headquarters Relocation<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer via The Epoch Times,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to ban the Federal Bureau of Investigation from a planned move to the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

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The July 10 vote approved a Justice Department funding bill amendment that blocked the Trump administration from keeping the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., through a change in destination for the bureau.<\/p>\n

The Republican majority committee voted 15-14 to adopt language that would halt a move from the J. Edgar Hoover Building site to any location that isn\u2019t the previously approved site in Greenbelt, Maryland, that was chosen by the General Services Administration in 2023.<\/p>\n

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) crossed party lines to join Democrats in supporting halting the administration\u2019s proposed move.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMy understanding is that this has been a decision that was made just very recently,\u201d Murkowski said ahead of the vote. \u201cSo I, for one, would like to know that this analysis has actually been going on for more than just a couple [of] months, that there\u2019s actually been that effort to ensure that we\u2019re going to move forward.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The amendment to block the move was introduced by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who said the previous decision to move the FBI to Maryland was made as a result of a lengthy process that involved Congressional criteria and lengthy discourse.<\/p>\n

According to the lawmaker, the Trump administration did not perform adequate research and analysis before choosing to repurpose the Ronald Reagan building for the FBI headquarters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cA few weeks ago, the administration just announced that it wanted to snatch the $555 million that had been set aside for down payment on that selected site and use it instead to move the FBI into the Ronald Reagan Building,\u201d Van Hollen said during the markup session.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNo analysis done with respect to security requirements, no analysis done with respect to FBI mission requirements, no review of the underlying statute as to the purpose of the Ronald Reagan Building, no analysis of what they would do with current tenants in that building.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Van Hollen, allowing the change to happen sets a dangerous precedent that cedes power designated to the legislative branch and allows the executive branch to overstep.<\/p>\n

Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) contradicted<\/a> that argument, saying that Congress is \u201cmicromanaging the FBI.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to trust the experts as we put them in place,\u201d Mullin said before the vote on the amendment, referencing those in authority at the agency.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cTo make the assumption that the FBI would possibly put their men and women in a less secure building is laughable.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The lawmaker rebutted the idea that Congress would know better than the FBI what the agency\u2019s security decisions for a location should be.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey know security, I promise you, better than all of us. This is what they fight, they fight threats \u2026 for us to try to micromanage their site planning is ridiculous,\u201d <\/strong>Mullin said.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to allow them to make a decision. We haven\u2019t been able to make a decision, nor do we make a decision; we allow and support their decision that they make.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI would assume we need to lean in and trust these individuals, because we\u2019re not talking about Republicans or Democrats, we\u2019re talking about the FBI.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Epoch Times has reached out to the FBI for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 07\/11\/2025 – 15:05<\/span><\/p>\n

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