Pam Bondi Finally Meets Her Match As Rosa Delauro Leaves Her SPEECHLESS

Um, at your confirmation hearing, you asserted that you will do everything in your power to prevent illegal gun runners in our country . Your budget request for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, ATF , proposes a cut of 26% below the current level . How can you justify such a massive cut without inevitably weakening ATF's ability uh to help our state and local law enforcement fight illegal gun trafficking ? How many ATF law enforcement officers and industry operations investigators do you anticipate will be lost to attrition as a result of this funding reduction you're proposing ? Deloro made sure to put Pam Bondi on notice . So I am a career prosecutor and I believe in keeping America safe , making America safe. First, what we're doing is ATF is going to be brought over with DEA . Everyone knows, everyone sitting up here, guns and drugs go together . They go together . We're going to make it more efficient . What I will tell you will not be happening is ATF agents will not be knocking on the doors of legal gun owners in the middle of the night asking them about their guns . They're going to be out on the streets. If I can finish, they're going to be out on the streets . I have three . No, no, no . You asked me a question. You asked me a question and you haven't answered my question . So, they're going to be out on the streets working . You haven't answered my question . You haven't. Mr. Chairman, I'd like an answer to my question. And the question is not being answered . How many ATF law enforcement officers and industry operations investigators do you anticipate will be lost to attrition as a result of the funding reduction you are proposing? You are proposing a 26% cut to ATF for fiscal year 2026 as well as a 4.4% cut to DEA . So you're going to merge the two agencies together