Pete Sessions: “It is a difficult thing. I remember the story very distinctly. There was an attempt to merge the FBI and DEA in the…”

“It is a difficult thing. I remember the story very distinctly. There was an attempt to merge the FBI and DEA in the early 1980s. I wrote Associate Attorney General Giuliani a letter suggesting what should be merged is DEA and Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. I saw him not long after that and he said: Jeff, we can't even merge agencies within the Department of Justice, don't you know? To merge an agency in Treasury with one of Justice is impossible. While it is weird that we in the Congress and the President of the United States are not capable of merging agencies, as a practical matter, it is very difficult to do these things. I don't think most people realize how our Government really functions. It has great points. Some of the best people I have ever known serve in our Government. But there are problems in making it efficient. I thank the managers for their leadership and hard work.”