Ranking Member Cartwright Statement at Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request Hearing for the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Congressman Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8), Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, delivered the following remarks at the Subcommittee's hearing on the Fiscal Year 2025 Request Request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation:

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Thank you, Chairman Rogers, and I would like to join you in welcoming Director Wray back to the Subcommittee.   

As we all know, the FBI does an enormous amount of work to help protect the American people.  As a primary law enforcement agency for the U.S. government, the FBI employs roughly 36,000 people in 56 field offices, 350 resident agencies, and several specialized facilities and analytical centers across the country, as well as in over 60 legal attaché offices in 80 countries around the world.  

The FBI works to investigate and disrupt crime, including everything from violent gang networks, cybercriminals, white collar crime, human trafficking, and domestic and international terrorism.  

Since Russia’s brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine last year, the FBI has also successfully worked to disrupt criminal, cyber, and hostile intelligence activities from Russia that endanger Ukraine, our partners, and American citizens.  

The Biden Administration is requesting funding for several FBI initiatives in fiscal year 2025, including investments to restore and enhance the FBI’s efforts to combat violent crime and cybercrime, and to enhance the FBI’s counterintelligence and counterterrorism capabilities, among other initiatives.

Director Wray, I look forward to hearing more from you about these and other issues surrounding the FBI’s budget request.  

Thank you very much, and Mr. Chairman, I yield back.