Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

It was due last week by law.

And your answer is you just understand you're not going to follow the law.

And your answer is you just understand you're not going to follow the law.

And your answer is you just understand you're not going to follow the law.

And you have no timeline?

And you have no timeline?

And you have no timeline?

Well, we also need a full budget request, not a single paragraph full of wild talking points that we saw with the skinny budget proposal. We're now having a budget hearing without a budget request. So, Director Patel, where is the FY2026 budget request for the FBI?

Well, we also need a full budget request, not a single paragraph full of wild talking points that we saw with the skinny budget proposal. We're now having a budget hearing without a budget request. So, Director Patel, where is the FY2026 budget request for the FBI?

Well, we also need a full budget request, not a single paragraph full of wild talking points that we saw with the skinny budget proposal. We're now having a budget hearing without a budget request. So, Director Patel, where is the FY2026 budget request for the FBI?

Have you reviewed it? Have you approved it?

Have you reviewed it? Have you approved it?

Have you reviewed it? Have you approved it?

When will we get it?

When will we get it?

When will we get it?

six months from now?

six months from now?

six months from now?

Well, how do we as Congress do our budget and our work without that request and without the spend plan?