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Converge at the same time. The big important one, the president of the United States that is planning to combat crime that he says is the source of guns. Too many of them out there in everyones hands and he wants to limit that. Were also going to hear from his Attorney General on how you go about doing that without stepping on some Constitutional Rights here. Critics are already saying the president is ignoring some other factors that have been at play for quite some time, long before the gun issue was an issue. More on that in a second. First, to black berman with the latest at the white house. Blake . Thanks. State dining room here at the white house. We expect to hear from President Biden at animent. The president will lay out the comprehensive strategy to combat gun violence and crime is how theyre putting it. Let me walk you there what were about to hear from the president this afternoon. His plan calls for a zero tolerance policy for rogue gun dealers, allowing atf to revoke licenses for dealers that are knowingly breaking the law. Calls for increased operations by the u. S. Marshall service. Theres a focus on the 350 billion in the American Rescue plan. The Treasury Department will make clear that funds can be spent on policing and other things like expanding Employment Services and summer education and enrichment programs. Over here at the white house today, they were asked several times why a law that was designed to help against the fight against covid and keep the Economy Moving is now being touted to fight crime. Its always been the case that ensuring funding was used by state and local authorities to keep cops on the beat, always a part of what was allowed in the parameters of spending that is something that a number of communities as i outlined at the beginning did take the steps to do, this is giving Additional Guidance on how to use the funds. We talk about this trend in crime across the country. At the white house, they make the argument, they say this is a 18month trend. Critics of the president and his policies and messaging are contributing to the problem. Well hear from the president and his Attorney General at some point later this hour. Neil . Blake, thanks very much. In the meantime, its a very big issue for the American People and the timing comes among polls that even among liberals and democrats, its the number 1 concern. In new york city, they had a mayoral primary. The results are not known. The Law And Order candidate is the guy leading right now. Aishah hasnie on how all of that is going down in the big apple. Aishah . Its interesting how the issue for voters really shifted from the pandemic, the economy to crime and policing. Its really showing in the results that are coming in. Right now eric adams has just said that hes got a 10point lead in the firstchoice votes in this new ranked Choice Voting system. Very new for new york city. Hes a former nypd captain. How dare those with their philosophical and intellectual theorizing in their Classroom Mindset talking about the theory of policing . You dont know this. I know this. Im going to keep my city safe. Okay. A huge surprise though is the number 2 spot right now, maya wiley. A progressive that does want to slash the Police Budget by a billion dollars. Shes edged out the other two favorite moderates in this race, Katherine Garcia and andrew yang. Listen to this. 50 of the votes will be recounted. The way that folks ranked number 2 and number 3 votes will count. Weve known all along that we have strong support in the top rankings. Were excited about the possibility here. We know we can win. You know what . She could. Its in the realm of possibility that she could win. And neil, we may not have an official democrat nominee until july because absentee votes wont begin to be counted until next week. Its going to be a long process. Neil . Neil i have an idea. Thanks, aishah. Ray kelly is not too surprised that crime is a dominating issue in this race. The democratic side, 13 candidates speeding for mayor. Hes the former new York City Police commissioner. Always good to see you, ray. Crime is a dominant issue. What do you make of that . Theres no question about it that its a dominant issue in new york. Weve had over 100 increase in shootings since 2020. People are afraid to ride the subway. A feeling that i havent had in many, many years. Living in new york all of my life. So its a dominant issue. You can see eric adams, based on his anticrime platform has done well. We have to see number 1 if he does become mayor and number 2, if he lives up to his words. Talk is cheap in a campaign. Well have to see what the actions are. Again, the devil is in the details. What we do know as a spokesman, jen psaki said, the spike in crime that nothing to do with the defunding of the Police Movement or any of that. What did you think of that . Well, i looked at the program. Its like chicken soup. Not much you can be against. But it doesnt take on the core problem as to why crime is elevated at such a degree in this country. That is that Police Officers have backed off from engaging with the public. They backed off because they believe that if they do their job, they may lose their job. They may get arrested. In the aftermath of the george floyd death, hundreds if not thousands of regulations and laws were passed throughout the country that puts cops jobs at risk. So theres a lot of discretion in policing. Theyre not engaging in the proactive measures that were successful in making new york, for instance, the safest big city in america. I havent seen anything in the president s proposal that will take that hahn. We have a tremendous recruiting problems. Cops are leaving 48 increase in retirements. There was another report that came out that said only 7 of Police Officers would recommend that profession that job to a relative or friend. Now, its not so much that this its not money and the locality, but they have money to hire new people because the senior people are leaving. As i said, nobody can be against any of the proposals in the president s speech coming up, but its not going to make much of a difference unfortunately. Neil you know, if you think about it, too, commissioner, the number 1 concern of new yorkers that are slowly going to be going back to their Office Buildings isnt so much getting covid or running into any of the Commuting Problems that are, you know, legendary in the New York Metropolitan Area but crime. Theyre worried about crime. No surprise there. Yeah. Theyre worried about crime, getting to the office, you know. A big reluctance on people to go back. In new york city, a lot of it has to do with crime or the fear of crime or what is happening on the subways. I know theres additional Police Officers at time in the transit system. But its not quelling the fears as yet. Hopefully it will. That is vital to the rebirth, reinvigoration of new York City Post pandemic. You have to get people in the midtown offices. Right now its about 25 occupancy, which is lower than a lot of other cities in america. Its critical that people have a higher level of confidence getting on the trains these days than theyve had in the last 15 months, 20 months. Neil commissioner, the president says the problem is guns. Way too many guns. Thats what hes going to address today principlely. You think theres too many guns out there . Theres too many guns but thats a fact of life. Thats part of our culture. Take your pick. People say that theres 15 million, some say theres 500 million guns in the United States. I can tell you from my experience that criminals are not going to license gun dealers, going through Background Checks nor a gun to be used in a crime. Guns are everywhere. The rationale now in big cities is i have to carry a gun because everybody else is carrying a gun. I need it to defend myself. So its circular problem that will take i think a lot more different measures or different approaches than simply focusing on firearm dealers. The ones that i encountered are legitimate businessmen. Theres a high concern about individual safety throughout the country. At the purchase of firearms by the public is increasing tremendously. Theyre going through licensed dealers, through the whole Background Checks. So i dont think theres much to get out of that apple. Not much to squeeze out of that. You know, were going to see. Neil we will see. Commissioner, Great Catching up with you. Thanks for joining us. Thank you, neil. Neil all right. Meantime here, we are going to be hearing from the president shortly. We understand theyre pushing things back at the white house. As soon as he appears, well go to him and giving you the latest on Britney Spears. Shes expected to address the court over the conservatorship where her father has controlled her money and affaired for the better part of 13 years at a minimum. The question now is at age 39, is it time for that to stop . She certainly hopes so. Were on that, too. But no overdoing it and no days off easy, no . No. No. No. No. No. Or. You can know. with freestyle libre 14 day, know your Glucose Levels and take the mystery out of your diabetes. Now you know. Sir, do you know what you want to order . Yes. Freestyle libre 14 day. Try it for free. Neil all right. Were moments away from hearing from Britney Spears speaking about her father as a conservator. She says enough and wants a kibosh on it now. Jonathan hunt has more. What are we in for today, jonathan . Its britney, which makes it no surprise that its also a circus right here outside the courthouse. Britney spears supporters on mass every time theres been a hearing in this 13year long conservatorship. So we expect to hear from Britney Spears. It could be a video conference, might be a phone call. Could ultimately be in closed session. We hope to hear her words. Were not sure of that at the moment. Were not sure exactly what shes going to ask for. Obviously she wants some changes. Thats why she requested this emergency hearing. The extent of the changes is what were waiting to hear. Does she want her father, jamie spears, removed from involvement in and control over so many aspects of her life or does she want the conservatorship taken away completely . Well find out we hope in the next 15 minutes or so. The supporters that have gathered here usually reserve their ire for jamie spears, her dad, who they believe his relationship, his control is toxic. Although you can find legal experts that will argue, neil that the conservatorship has been good for Britney Spears. Listen here. The whole reason why she was under this conservatorship is because she was being pursued by paparazzi, being triggered to perhaps have a breakdown at the very vulnerable part of her life. So i think she may feel protected by this. Now, perhaps you could make an argument that at one point in her life she would have felt protected by the conservatorship. I think youd be hard pressed to find anybody that would agree with the idea that she still feels protected by it. Clearly she wants something to change. Exactly what well find out when she speaks to the judge. Neil . Neil you know, jonathan, her father, jamie, said any time she wanted to end the conservatorship, all she need do is ask. He obviously is fighting it right now, isnt he . Right. Yeah. If you believe the reporting of the New York Times and we have to reason not to, they did an in depth look at this. Youll remember the documentary that spark saad much interest in Britney Spears case that was released early year. The New York Times reporting is that britney has said through Court Documents that she does not like the way this conservatorship is being run. She wants changes. Shes argued that for several years according to the reporting of the times. So jamie spears, while saying that she can change it at any time she likes does not appear to have done much to actually allow that to happen. Lawyers that obviously talk to him all the time have argued in court that shes not fit to take back control of her affairs. You have her personal life, who she can marry, what Color Cabinets for her house and her Business Affairs and a 60 million fortune that shes amassed through great music and the las vegas residency. These are high stakes and most importantly obviously for everybody in this, a lot of money. Neil . Neil i dont know what will happen. I know this. You are the best guy to be cover this, jonathan. Thanks very much. Jonathan hunt following the developments. Lets get the read from this from an attorney. Conservatorships are a slippery area, sarah. Her father said i shored up her finances, built them back up. Ive done a very good job overseeing my daughters future and her finances. Is that true . Well, theres some argument to be made that she has actually done really well under his guidance and control. If you look at the revenue that come in the last 13 years, thats where the court will look for that guidance. Now, i think its really important to note that under California Law its going to be really interested to see what she decides to do. Because what she will end up probably saying today is that she either wants to end the conservatorship or wants her father removed. So in order to do that, its not just enough for her to ask for that in itself. She will need to have an investigation done by the court and a medical professional will look at whether or not she can make those decisions on her own, financial decisions, personal decisions and also taking it back to 2008, im really interested to know what the evidence was outside of those healthrelated issues and Mental Illness issues that were presented. Under California Law, you have to show clear and convincing evidence, which is a very high bar. Neil i wonder, too, plenty of celebrities that, you know, lost control of things but not control of their finances and their future. This has gone on quite some time. Is it unusual or is this the nature of conservatorships in general . They start and they dont end . You know, usually you find a conservatorship is put in place for somebody who has a disability or who has a cognitive impairment. And Britney Spears situation is unique which is why im interested in knowing what evidence was presented during 2008. You could argue that half of hollywood would need a conservatorship if Britney Spears situation warranted that as well. Neil how is it warranted how does someone intervene . The father or someone else. Someone must intervene to take charge here, im going to make the legal case in this situation. My daughter isnt up to that task. So ive got to protect her and her assets. Is that how its done . Does someone else have to intervene to say this is my case and this is why im doing it . So britt any can make that decision. Someone who has to make that decision to actually file with the court for the conservatorship. Again, im surprised because in california, its so hard to get a conservatorship granted. Usually the default is a power of attorney or a trust. Im really surprised the conservatorship neil she agreed im sorry. She agreed in the very beginning, maybe with some reservations but im sure she didnt think it would go on as long as it has. Do we know anything about that and whether that will come up in this discussion . It may. Theres enough argument and history to show that shes actually been able to function pretty well the last 13 years and make independent decisions by herself. Going on stage, performing. I think theres a lot of argument that she can make on her behalf here to give her that autonomy again. Neil all right. Thanks very much. Moments away from that. Moments away from the president of the United States outlining his plan to combat rise in crime in this country. Were told the focus will be on all the guns that are out there and not necessarily some of these other protests and riots that ensued, for example, after the killing of george floyd. How he threads that needle is anyones guess. Were on top of that after this. Protects you. From a lot of that. Keep your car cleaner longer. 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Its important for the white house to have her seen at the border before former President Trump has the trip there next week . We made an assessment within our government about when it was an appropriate time to go to the border. Neil all right. Trump, by the way, is expected to visit the border june 30th. This friday the Vice President has set along with the Homeland Security secretary to visit el paso, texas to see for himself whats going on. My next guest would say better late than november. Sean is the big ben sector chief patrol. Very good to have you. What do you think of this . Thanks for letting me be on, neil. The Vice President isnt going to visit big ben sector. But i can tell you as a fellow chief, were always happy to have anyone come down and see what is going on, see what the men and women are doing every day, the struggled that they have to go through. Its important for the community, the men and women to have their story told. Neil you know, you witnessed first hand what the struggles are look for those that have to make the trip and get in themselves. Tell us about that. Absolutely, neil. Thats one of the biggest concerns that we have. Right now our highest priority is National Security. What we do, conducting the border security, its the same thing. Part of that is a humanitarian effort that goes with it. Routinely we have subjects that are out and theyre being told its not hard to cross the border, its going to be easy. We have to go out and rescue. We spend a lot of time getting out there and rescuing the individuals because quite frankly the smugglers see them as a commodity, not human beings. So weve had rescues on a regular basis and weve had migrants that have unfortunately been diseased in the desert. We do that with conveyances as well. Working with one of our partners. The sheriffs department, we were able to share tactics and techniques being used by the smugglers. As a result, through our partnerships with them, they were able to stop and rv with 48 individuals in there. The concerning part about the 48 individuals, they were in a vehicle not set up to contain that. When accidents like that happen, its very dangerous. All of these aspects were dealing with is very dangerous for they migrants trying to, you know, escape some of these dangers and we have to be involved in that. Its very unfortunate. From one of the worst stand points, when the agents are out there, doing their best, working hard to rescue somebody and they dont make it in time. It never goes away. Our agents are dealing with that on a regular basis and its very difficult. Neil one truck image were showing pictures of that you were kind enough to share with us, i dont understand how this keeps happening, how they keep this up. The abuse, the human rights abuse just for these folks, many of whom died in the process if you have not discovered this, many of these people in this crowded truck. Many of them would have died. Im wondering, is this something that you think the Vice President should know about . If you were there and talking to her, youd want to raise it . Absolutely. I would raise it with anybody that comes. Weve had one congressional visit here in the last six months. We talked about that specific issue. It is a concern. We have to remember that people that are smuggling and theres all of these Trans National Criminal Organizations smuggling other things. Theyre smuggling weapons, narcotics, individuals, money laundering. Numerous things that are being controlled by these Trans National organizations and put lives in danger. In the box truck, were lucky we saw it and did something about it. After that, we had to send 12 individuals to the doctor immediately and get them to the hospital because hoff the conditions in which theyre in. We had to medically treat 33 individuals. So its something that i think we want to share and more importantly share we think smuggling is an activity that goes on in mexico. The reality is, theres individuals here facilitating that smuggling for money. Its dangerous. Gets people killed. Its something that were doing our best to stop as part of our National Security efforts. Quite frankly, you know, the agents, its important for them. Its not something they realize what the smugglers are doing. Theyre doing their best to prosecute them and try to create a good Law Enforcement resolution that will hopefully keep people safe in the future. Neil you always commend your men and women, sean. The fact of the matter is its important for you. Means a lot to you as well. 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The sacrifices that they make, the cost to them for your safety. While this was a deliberate act of violence, we still believe this is an isolated incident and our community is safe. The chief says john hurley of golden, colorado lost his life and became a true hero when he interviewed. A Facebook Post by the nevada Army Navy Surplus store whenever was Shopping Reads Nevada Police confirm investigators found a document written by the suspect that have antipolice threats and ideas. The community is communicating the loss of officer beasley outside of the summer months, he was a wellliked School Resource officer. Students and former students say that he would help them out with classroom and neil, he always managed to make folks smile. Neil . Neil so sad. Alicia, thanks very much. I want to go to ted williams, fox news contributor. Very good read of what is happening here. Hes been worried about the on going shootings and developments for some time. Ted, good to have you. Always under these sad circumstances. What do you want to hear out of President Biden . Well, hi, neil. Happy to be with you under sad circumstances of what is happening in this country with Law Enforcement officers. What i want to hear from President Biden is more than just a band aid being put on a problem. Its my understanding the president will talk about gun dealers and trying to get the legal guns off of the streets of these major metropolitan cities. I think that that is a good start. But what we must try to understand is number 1, in these neighborhoods, neil, believe it or not, the neighbors and everybody know whose the crooks are, they know where they are, they know what they have there. What is going to be needed is number 1, if i was the president , is that i would have a Recruitment Drive at every Military Base where soldiers or military people are about to get out of the military and try to get them to come in to Law Enforcement. Because we have this shortage. The morale is clearly low. One of the things that has to be targeted, neil and we need to face this Elephant In The Room and that is black on black crimes. In our neighborhoods, we are just overloaded with blackonblack crime. That has to be addressed. The way you address that, neil, is that you have intelligence units. You dont send in Police Officers in uniforms. You send intelligence agents in to the communities. You make them a part of the community. You get these individuals involved. And they in turn can get information from citizens in their communities. Good lawabiding citizens and specifically in black communities, they want the crooks gone. But theyre afraid. Theyre intimidated by the process. So Law Enforcement needs help. So i want to hear from the president where he is helping the federal agents and the local agents to get together and to get together and help out in these neighborhoods. Neil you know, ted, its interesting. The big fear, politically that the president was timing these remarks ahead of what could be another violent summer, do you think that that is what were in for . I think its unfortunately were in for a hell of a hot sumner these various neighborhoods. Think about it. If youre in chicago, you dont have eight or nine shootings ona weekend, youre not in chicago. All over this country right now crime is out of control. And so it is certainly something that im happy that the president of the United States is focusing in on because im telling you, good men and women in these neighborhoods are in fear of coming out of their homes, neil. Neil ted williams, tell it like it is. Thanks very much. Fox news contributor, d. C. Detective. So much more. Were waiting for the president s remarks. Timing of those remarks is a bit delayed. When he speaks, well take you there. Hes with the Attorney General as well and will have this onetwo effort on how to address this crime will be handled as well. 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Other states like mississippi still below 30 . Theres concerns with those variants especially the Delta Variant that these regions where theres a low rate of vaccination, that could cause a resurgence of the virus. Back to you, neil. Neil thanks, steve. The senator, Chuck Grassley right now, iowa senator joining us to talk about a bunch of things. If you dont mind, senator, what you want to hear out of the president. Hes going to be addressing crime and how to get a handle on it. The focus is more on guns. What do you think of that . Well, you know, when a policeman shoots somebody and its a national tragedy, the policemen is responsible for the killing. But when an individual kills another person, then the gun is responsible for it. So we got to get over this business that the gun does the killing. People kill. So we have to have tough laws on the use of guns and the misuse of guns, but not to violate the Second Amendment of the United States. Thats what i want to hear. Another things id like to hear from the president is how come garland hasnt answered my letters and im inquiring why theyre prosecuting 455 people that broke into the capitol on january 6 and they should be prosecuted but a bunch of people that were dealing with a Federal Building in portland, a lot of those people in portland are getting let go free. I just think that theres a Double Standard for justice in the United States. Some people are going to be prosecuted that may be politically wise to prosecute and then other people may not be prosecuted because it might upset some people on the left. Neil very good point. Youre talking about the Attorney General, Merrick Garland, a lot of charges in that particular case were dropped for everybody. Id like to pivot if i can, senator, to on going infrastructure talks. Where does this thing stand . Apparently the issue now is how to pay for it. Seems republicans and now the administration against a gas tax, against a mileage tax. So that takes away at least a big chunk of the way to pay for it. So where are we . Its so contrary to the way since the 1950s when the big increase in gas tax was put in to build the super highways. Weve always had user pay. And theres various ways of doing that. You can put a tax on electric vehicles. You can put a mileage tax on. You can put gas tax increase on. They dont want any of that because they dug themselves in to a hole during the campaign by saying we arent going to raise taxes on anybody under 400,000 a year income. What does that mean . Youre going to tax the 1 of the people in this country that make more than that and have them finance all of the fracture of the United States . It doesnt work out. An easy solution is repurposing some of the money thats been appropriated under the covid bills and not use and some of it goes back to last year that still isnt used and theres a lot this year. But its okay to appropriate money for one or two years but the covid bills is appropriated money in some cases out to the year 2028. Are you saying that were going to need covid relief until 2028 . Nobody is planning to do that. Theres plenty of time to take care of it if you need it. Repurpose some of that money for infrastructure. Neil senator, time is wasting. You always remind me of the calendar sometimes moves you and your colleagues more than anything else. Is it fair to say that if a deal is not hammered out before the august recess there wont be a deal at all . Im going to give you a general answer to that. My rule is that a new president gets in office. If he doesnt get his program dope before labor day of his first year in office, he wont get much of it done. So that would apply to the infrastructure, but it would apply to some other things as well. Neil inflation is a big issue. A lot of people are concerned about it. The fed chairman seems to think it will pass. Are you of that view . Well, even the fed is changing their mind on that. Last march they said inflation this year was not going to get higher than 2. 4. Theyve already raised that to 3. 4. We know that Real Inflagrants inflation for may is 6 . This is out of control. Well be back in the 70s with inflation of 12 or 13 if we dont do anything about it. Congress has a lot to do about it by not spending 6 trillion more. That would be the Fiscal Policy to get inflation under control. The fed has to quit buying up these Mortgage Bonds and all of this national debt. Theyre financing 60 of our national debt. That is a bad policy. They need to start gradually going down, doing less of that and they need to start raising interest rates. Neil sir, we might be interrupted by the president. To address the nation on the crime plan. I couldnt leave without you sharing your thoughts on Kamala Harris going to the border on friday to el paso with the Home Land Security secretary. What do you think of that . I havent heard that news. So youre giving me new shes going to the border friday. I think its about time. Its about six months late. Neil all right. Got it. All right. Attorney general Attorney General Merrick Garland will be laying out the president s crime plan. Protecting our communities from Violent Crime is a top priority for the Department Of Justice and one of our most important responsibilities. Im glad the president brought us together today to discuss the subject of such importance to the public we serve. As participants in todays roundtable have noted, the increase in Violent Crime in 2020 and early 2021 is deeply troubling. That is why last month the Justice Department launched a comprehensive Violent Crime reduction strategy. This strategy is built around four principles, setting strategic enforcement priorities, fostering trust within our communities, investing in communitybased prevention and intervention programs and measuring the results of these efforts through decrease in Violent Crime, not merely by arrests and convictions as if they were ends in themselves. Now, we know that the lions share of Violent Crime reduction work is shouldered by our state, local, tribal and territorial Law Enforcement partners. Core to our strategy is targeted support of the critical work you will be doing in the weeks and months ahead. Every one of our u. S. Attorneys offices is with its local partners to establish an immediate plan to address the spike in Violent Crime that typically occurs during the summer and the Law Enforcement components of the department are making hands Resources Available to help prevent and disrupt Violent Crime and focus on the most dangerous and most violent offenders. The department is also strengthening our projectsafe neighborhoods, Cornerstone Initiative that brings together Law Enforcement and Community Stakeholders to develop solutions to pressing Violent Crime problems. Communityled efforts are vital to preventing violence before it occurs, the Justice Department is available over 1 billion in funding over a dozen Grant Programs i could be used to support evidencebased Community Violence intervention strategies. That when i found particularly useful in our discussion a few minutes ago it was the fact that there are such evidencebased programs available and im hoping you will get together with us so we can spread those across the country as well as of corresponding your own. A properly functioning criminal Justice System is essential to our efforts as well, the department has Grant Funding available to help cities resume Court Operations and services that will curtail during the covid19 pandemic, including funding for technology and equipment, for courts to address the backlog of cases. We know that an effective Violent Crime reduction strategy must also address the illegal trafficking of firearms and focus on keeping guns on the wrong hands. So the department is delivering on the promises we made here in the white house in april, on mad rule to help address the proliferation of ghost guns and in june 7th we issued a proposed rule to clarify that pistols equipped with certain stabilizing races are subject to the same statutory restrictions as easily concealable short barreled rifles. On the same day the Department Published model extreme Risk Protection order legislation for a steak stick states to consider as they craft their own laws to reduce gun violence, we are now taking further steps. First we will hold the gun dealers that will break the rules accountable for their actions. Most federally licensed Firearms Dealers operate legally, selling guns to individuals who have passed Background Checks but those dealers that willfully violate the law increase the risk that guns will fall into the wrong hands. Absent extraordinary circumstances, Etf Will Initiate Proceedings to revoke the licenses of dealers that willfully violate the law by failing to conduct required Background Checks, falsifying records, failing to respond to trace requests, refusing to permit atf to conduct inspections or transferring firearms to persons who are prohibited. Seeking funding to increase atfs Dealer Inspection Capacity and to improve its effectivene