Hoyer, Brown Statement on Congressional Appropriators Rescinding Funds for the Consolidated FBI Headquarters

Statement

Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and Congressman Anthony G. Brown (MD-04) released the following statement today after the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government of the House Appropriations Committee voted to rescind $200 million for the FBI headquarters relocation project in the Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations bill:

"It is reprehensible that House Republicans are playing politics with our national security by rescinding $200 million in funding for the new, fully consolidated FBI headquarters. In the Fiscal Year 2017 omnibus, Congress promised to "provide funding in Fiscal Year 2018 for the project to proceed expeditiously.' Now, House Republicans are going back on their word by not including new funding for the project in the appropriations bill and taking away existing funding allocated for the new FBI headquarters.

"House Republicans must stop delaying this project. A new, fully consolidated FBI headquarters is important for the safety and security of our nation, as well as the economic development of Prince George's County and the state of Maryland. As this process moves forward, we urge our House Republican colleagues to fully fund the consolidated headquarters project."

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