Team Maryland Statement on Patel's Comments About FBI Vacating J. Edgar Hoover Building

Today, Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (Md.-05), Governor Wes Moore, Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.), Congressman Glenn Ivey (Md.-04), Congressman Kweisi Mfume (Md.-07), Congressman Jamie Raskin (Md.-08), Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (Md.-03), Congressman Johnny Olszewski (Md.-02), and Congresswoman April McClain Delaney (Md.-06) issued the following statement on Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel’s recent comments about the FBI headquarters:

"Today, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Kash Patel recognized what everyone, including his predecessors, have known for decades: the J. Edgar Hoover building is unsafe, unworthy, and unaccommodating of the FBI's vital national security and law enforcement mission. We agree with his statement that 'if you're going to come work at the premier law enforcement agency in the world, we're going to give you a building that is commensurate with that.' 

"The solution is clear, and the decision to move the headquarters to the site in Greenbelt, Maryland, was final. This site was selected based on a thorough, objective process examining cost, construction timeline, transportation access, community impact, and the FBI's mission requirements.

"Team Maryland remains committed to providing the world's premier law enforcement agency with the world's premier law enforcement facility. If the ?Trump Administration truly shares that goal, it will work with us to proceed on this project."