Daily Caller by Henry Rodgers 6/26/2023
Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia sent a letter Monday to House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rep. Kay Granger informing her they plan to use the Holman Rule to defund the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in the next available appropriations period.
The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the letter, in which the two GOP lawmakers slam the ATF and explain why they intend to use the Holman Rule to defund the director. The Holman Rule permits amendments to appropriations legislation that would cut the salary of or fire certain federal employees, or otherwise eliminate specific programs.
“The ATF has even made it a matter of official policy to shut down gun stores by making perfection the standard in record keeping – a standard the ATF itself could not meet,” the lawmakers wrote in the letter. “Since the Biden Administration has announced its new ‘zero tolerance’ policy in 2021, Federal Firearms Licensees have faced the highest revocation rate in 16 years. This policy has effectively become the death penalty for even the most innocent of clerical errors.”
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