India, May 8 -- On Wednesday, FBI Director Kash Patel criticised the White House's proposed budget cuts to his agency.

Speaking before the House Appropriations Committee, Patel responded to Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), who pressed him on how the FBI would adapt to the budget changes.

"At this time we have not looked at who to cut," Patel said. "We are focusing our energies on how not to have them cut, by coming in here and highlighting to you that we can't do the mission on those 2011 budget levels."

The proposed cuts are part of Donald Trump's latest budget plan, which seeks to trim $545 million from the FBI's funding as part of an effort to slash $163 billion from non-defence discretionary spending.

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