Posted on 03/07/2023 11:36:52 AM PST by CFW
House Republicans will use its spending power to restrict funding to the FBI, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), head of the lower chamber’s Judiciary Committee and its weaponization subcommittee, said on Sunday.
Jordan said on Fox New’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that Republicans in the lower chamber will use its “power of the purse,” or spending power designated to it by the Constitution, to restrict federal funding sent to the FBI, as the weaponization subcommittee progresses further in investigations into FBI conduct.
“We’re going to look to propose legislation, and in the end, the real power of Congress, the real power of the legislative branch, is the power of the purse,” Jordan told host Maria Bartiromo. “And we’re going to have to use that both on this issue where we think the government’s been targeting the very people it’s supposed to serve. But also, frankly, on the border—I think we’re going to have to look at ways to use the appropriation process to deal with the border situation.”
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Honestly, it’s their only real power. Hearings don’t accomplish much if there isn’t a carrot and stick.
Do it soon because I’m sure the FBI’s popularity is at an all-time low right now.
Does that mean they won’t be getting that gigantic new headquarter building?
What’s Jim gonna do when the FBI shows up at his house in an Abrams tank?
You mean telling someone they are a “bad boy” (Censuring) doesn’t carry a lot of weight? /sarc hahaha
LOL! Sure they will. Just keep sending them your money and voting GOPe… they’re on the case!
And that’s why McConnell & co. got the government funded till September in the year-end CR.
I’ll believe it when I see it. I’d rather they used the power of the axe.
Zipping it shut when it comes to the FBI comes to mind.
Only fund the Justice Department at 5.00% of it’s usual
budget also.
Jordan becomes target of FBI probe in 3 2 1
Jim Jordan seems to be one of the few who really care about what happens to America and the American people....
Put them guys on $15.00 an hour and 30 cents a mile and see who stays.
Words are wind.
The correct number is 0. Same for a large number of alphabet agencies. Those that are not zero should be 0.1x or where x is the current budget. DoD should be less, maybe a lot less. Cut all the top heavy staff to zero, all the wokeness to zero. Require real fitness and training., etc, etc.
1. No new building.
2. Cut budhet by 50% starting September 2023.
3. Rent out the 7th floor.
4. Ground Wray’s jet.
I hear foot steps of Trump nearing good deal.
Meaningless unless they ZERO out their budget, bulldoze the building, and salt the bare land.
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