The Senate approved Steven Dettelbach’s nomination to lead the ATF, making him only the second Senate-confirmed director in the gun regulatory agency’s history.
Former U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the next director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 25, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
Sen. Sherrod Brown said before the vote that confirming a permanent director is “another important step in protecting Americans from violent gun crimes.” Dettelbach’s confirmation to be the nation’s top guns regulator comes amid back-to-back mass shootings, including at a July 4 parade in Highland Park, Ill., an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y. The Senate vote also took place less than a month after Congress passed a bipartisan gun package, the most significant step lawmakers have taken on firearm safety in nearly 30 years.
Tuesday’s vote was not Dettelbach’s first Senate confirmation. The Senate also confirmed him by voice vote in 2009 to become U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.
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