I believe they are on the side of the Washington, DC people.
With some very rare exceptions, these Washington DC denizens are not Americans - but people weaned on grafting off of the American citizen taxes. And since Wray only mingles with this tiny, and twisted, cross-section of America, I'm sure he believes what he says.
I see no good solution other than to raze DC to the ground, and distribute the next Government bureacracy amongst the various States. And stationing the FBI and CDC in Alaska (the Aleutian islands preferably) would be a good start. With apologies to Alaska.
If it were up to me, the govt. would be shrunk to the size it was during George Washington’s first term.