Defunding ATF Director

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Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) intend to invoke the Holman rule to defund Steven Dettelbach, the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the lawmakers wrote in a letter Monday.

The lawmakers slammed the ATF in a letter to House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX), claiming the bureau has shut down gun stores over “innocent” clerical errors.

“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 conservative pair wrote.

“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,” they added.

The duo said they plan to invoke the Holman rule, which gives Congress the power to defund federal programs and fire or cut the salary of government employees through appropriation amendments during the next House appropriations period.

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