Extremist Reps Seek To Defund Salary Of ATF Director

From the far-right Moonie Times:

Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene said Monday they will send a measure to the House Appropriations panel that defunds the salary of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Steve Dettelbach.

They announced the move at a field hearing in Mr. Gaetz’s Florida where witnesses spoke about what they said were ATF’s heavy-handed tactics that shut down gun shops and infringed on the rights of gun buyers.

Mr. Gaetz said they would try to zero out Mr. Dettelbach’s salary as part of an effort to “constrain resources that would otherwise be used to put people out of business and to harm our fellow Americans.”

Read the full article. “Field hearings” are non-official events staged as if they are formal House proceedings. They call “witnesses” and even swear them in. None of the nonsense goes into any formal record.

“@RepMattGaetz and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Monday said they will send a measure to the House Appropriations panel that defunds the salary of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Steve Dettelbach.”

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— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) June 27, 2023