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Some of our The FBI Experience is a self-guided tour at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Open to the public, visits may be requested up to five months in…The FBI is headed by a Director who is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate…The flags and banners flying outside FBI Headquarters tell quite a bit about the proud history of the…FBI.gov is an official site of the U.S. government, Even some of Trump’s strongest supporters questioned why it was included in legislation that was supposed to be focused on the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.“That smells like a kind of strange addition,” Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell deflected a question about how the funding was included, but said he wants “all non-Covid provisions out” of a final bill.White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who helped negotiate details of the GOP plan, didn’t respond directly when asked whether the administration would fight to keep the money in the package, saying, “I don’t see it standing in the way of a deal.”Plans to move the FBI from its current location about four blocks from the White House to the Washington suburbs had been in the works since about 2012, but were shelved after Trump took office.Democrats have accused Trump of trying to keep the bureau’s headquarters at its current site because it occupies a significant chunk of real estate near the Trump International Hotel, and keeping it there would prevent other commercial development in the spot, including competing hotels.After the allocation was made public Monday evening, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi used it to criticize the Republican bill.“They don’t have money for food stamps, but they have money for an FBI building just so that they can diminish competition for the president’s hotel,” she said at a news conference.A General Services Administration inspector general’s report commissioned by Democrats and released in August 2018 found the president had been more involved in the issue of locating a new FBI headquarters building than administration officials were letting on in their sworn testimony to Congress.Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, a member of the GOP leadership, said he supports funding a new FBI headquarters but told reporters he was surprised that it was in the virus-relief bill.“I’d rather have this go through the regular appropriations process,” he said.
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Lawmakers from Virginia and Maryland had been fighting over the future location for years before Trump abandoned plans for the move in 2018. The Senate's top Republican said Tuesday that he opposes a push by President Donald Trump to include nearly $1.8 billion in a new coronavirus aid package to rebuild the FBI headquarters … Putin Challenged by Rising in the East That He Won’t Crush UAE Starts Operation of Arab World’s First Nuclear Power Rea... UAE Starts Operation of Arab World’s First Nuclear Power Rea... "Many Senate Republicans objected to the money despite a push from White House officials. The closest Metro subway stops are Federal Triangle on the Orange/Blue lines, Gallery Place/Chinatown and Metro Center on the Red line, and Archives/Navy Memorial on the Yellow and Green lines.The FBI Experience is a self-guided tour at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Open to the public, visits may be requested up to five months in advance of, but no later than four weeks prior to the desired visit date. The inclusion in the Republican coronavirus relief plan of $1.75 billion for a new FBI headquarters in Washington, a priority for President Donald …