Members in both parties raised new concerns about protection following the violent injuries to Rep. Gerry Connolly's (D-Va.) staff members.
Members in both parties raised new concerns about protection following the violent injuries to Rep. Gerry Connolly’s staff members.
Ahead of the slated Tuesday release of the House’s legislative-branch spending bill, which will lay out funding levels for Capitol Police and other security measures, lawmakers are again discussing what — if any — level of protection would make them feel truly safe. “We don’t have the kind of security we have up here at the Capitol, at the district level,” Connolly said in a Monday night interview. “Many of our offices are in malls or office buildings, and so you don’t have any kind of sophisticated protection or security screening. And so I think we’re going to have to really talk about that.”
“It is so devastating to hear about an incident like that, because it will discourage, sadly, some people from deciding to either work in government or be an intern or work in a congressional office,” Cicilline said. “One of the ways that we can provide high quality representation is to attract really talented people who are willing to work. And it has real implications for our democracy.”
Capitol Police identified the suspect as 49-year old Xuan Kha Tran Pham of Fairfax, Va., and charged him one count of aggravated malicious wounding and one count of malicious wounding.
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