FBI Director Kash Patel will testify again on the 2026 White House budget before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies at around 9 a.m.

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The hearing is titled “A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.” The White House’s budget allocates $10.1 billion to the FBI for salaries and expenses.

The hearing comes as the second time this week Patel has testified on the White House budget. On Wednesday, he told House lawmakers that the bureau needed an operating budget that is roughly a billion dollars more than what President Donald Trump has proposed.