President Donald Trump’s FBI Director is telling individuals to go to Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville in the event that they wish to see what a high of the road regulation enforcement middle actually seems to be like.
U.S. Rep. Dale Sturdy (R-Huntsville), Vice Chairman of Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee, spoke with FBI Director, Kash Patel, Wednesday relating to the Bureau’s Fiscal Yr 2026 finances request.
Throughout the listening to, Consultant Sturdy questioned Director Patel on Huntsville’s function in preserving Individuals protected.
“I want everyone would go right down to Huntsville, Alabama. It’s our premier, skilled law-enforcement functionality middle and coaching facility that the interagency solely needs that they had.”
–@FBIDirectorKash pic.twitter.com/wtflGuZFDg
— Dale W. Sturdy (@RepDaleStrong) May 7, 2025
“What I noticed whereas I used to be there was the perfect instance of what I see when appropriators work with the bureau to defend the nation and I want everyone would go right down to Huntsville, Alabama,” Patel stated. “It’s our premier, premier skilled law-enforcement functionality middle and coaching facility that the interagency solely needs that they had.”
Patel visited the site alongside U.S. Sens. Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) in April.
What we now have down there in cyber, in long-range missile protection capabilities, nested there with NASA and the Division of Protection and additional packages, together with our terrorism explosive gadget middle, which the world depends on to cease bombs from going off and a lot extra is down in Huntsville, Alabama.
“And the rationale it’s there’s as a result of appropriators have been sensible sufficient to offer an area outdoors of Washington, D.C. to take a geographic footprint and get monetary savings as an alternative of rebuilding right here in Washington,” Patel continued, “to do it for half the associated fee in Alabama and that’s why we’re shifting 500 FBI staff this 12 months to Huntsville as a result of the technical experience they possess and we don’t wish to take away from the FBI is nested in Huntsville and never Washington DC and with a view to practice the longer term women and men.
“The FBI, the DHS, the DOD and each different intelligence company we now have they’re already asking us ‘When will we get to go to Redstone?’ So, I encourage everybody to go down there.”
Sturdy additionally highlighted the ability in the course of the listening to.
“Let me begin by shining a lightweight on my district, Alabama’s Fifth Congressional District, which incorporates Huntsville, Alabama, and Redstone Arsenal. The FBI’s presence at Redstone Arsenal dates again over 50 years to 1971,” Sturdy stated. “Presently, FBI Redstone seats over 2,000 personnel and contains personnel from 20 of the FBI’s 30 sections. Again and again North Alabama has answered the decision to help the FBI with a second to work for state-of-the-art facility and loads of room for cost-effective and accountable development.”
WATCH:
Yaffee is a contributing author to Yellowhammer Information and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays September 11 a.m. on WVNN. You may comply with him on Twitter @Yaffee
