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President Joe Biden's pick to lead the ATF said Wednesday that he hugged his children a little tighter after hearing about a massacre of schoolchildren on the eve of his Senate hearing.
The votes could happen before the Senate recesses for the Memorial Day holiday on Thursday.
The agency - the nation’s gun enforcement agency - has been without a Senate confirmed director for seven years.
Steven Dettelbach said he hugged his children "a little bit harder" following Tuesday's mass killing in a Texas elementary school.
President Joe Biden's nominee to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives vowed he would not be influenced by political considerations if he secures the job at a