FBI director has been sounding alarm on heightened threat environment: Is America listening? [Video]

Whether it’s terrorism, China, or an insecure border, the U.S. faces a litany of threats both internally and internationally, according to the FBI.

FBI Director Christopher Wray has repeatedly warned of a “heightened threat environment,” and has pleaded with lawmakers to take each one seriously.

Connecting all of these disparate threats is the FBI’s ability to adequately address them. At a House Appropriations Subcommittee earlier this month, Wray said the FBI’s fiscal year 2024 budget was around $500 million below what the bureau needed to sustain its 2023 efforts.

Wray said the budget shortfall “could not have come at a worse time” given that the U.S., according to the bureau, is in a “heightened threat environment.”

“As I look back over my career in law enforcement, I would be hard-pressed to think of …