WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. John Cornyn issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today sent a letter to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Deputy Director Robert Cekada following up on his Senate Judiciary Committee testimony last month with further questions regarding the Bureau's plan to hire more agents, if it will address the Supreme Court's decision in Bondi v. VanDerStok, as well as questions related to gun owner privacy. Sen. Cornyn's questions are below, and full text of the letter is here.
1. At your confirmation hearing, you stated that the ATF is in the process of hiring up to 800 additional ATF agents. However, Congress cut ATF's budget in its last two funding bills. Can you ple...