DoJ officials took steps to correct ` ` misleading '' statements , ' Charles Grassley says . ` ` We are losing the battle to stop the export of illegal guns to Mexico , '' Holder says . On Monday , Leahy tried to lower the heat on Holder by raising it on the Bush administration for Operation Wide Receiver . Attorney general says ` ` gun - walking '' tactics ` ` must never happen again '' Republican critic says existing gun control laws were n't enforced .
DoJ officials took steps to correct ` ` misleading '' statements , ' Charles Grassley says . ` ` We are losing the battle to stop the export of illegal guns to Mexico , '' Holder says . Attorney general says ` ` gun - walking '' tactics ` ` must never happen again '' Republican critic says existing gun control laws were n't enforced .