In September's appropriation markup, Congressional Republicans propose reducing the FBI staff by thousands of positions and underfunding the agency by more than 1 billion. They've proposed slashing resources from the ATF. They've proposed cutting grants for juvenile justice programs and hate crimes and eliminating the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention grants. They're literally defunding the police. So no matter what they say at today's hearing, Congressional Republicans have proven that they are not investing in keeping American communities safe from violent crime. (06:28–06:37)
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Asserts Republicans proposed cutting grants for juvenile justice, hate crimes, and community violence prevention.
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