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Jasmine Crockett: “They've proposed slashing resources from the ATF.”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

Rep. Jasmine Crockett Exposes Trump's 'Autocracy Machine' in a Hard-Hitting Opening Statement

Published November 19, 2025 | Video Starts at 06:25

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. (06:25–06:29)

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