FBI Chief Seeks $11.3 Billion Budget Amid ‘Elevated Threats’

At a Tuesday Senate hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray presented the bureau’s $11.3 billion budget request for the 2025 fiscal year as a much-needed measure of support as his agents face a growing array of law enforcement and national security concerns.

“I’d first like to thank you for your support over the years of our efforts to achieve our mission of protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution,” Mr. Wray began his remarks before the Senate Appropriations Committee.

“At the same time, I also realize the reality of the environment we’re in today where so many agencies are dealing with tightening budgets and this year, the FBI has been one of those agencies with our fiscal year 2024 budget having now come in almost $500 million below what the FBI needs just to sustain our 2023 efforts. And while I very much appreciate this subcommittee’s efforts to blunt any cuts, candidly, this could not come at a worse time.”