If that should happen, what would it mean, do you think that would cause some debates that maybe haven’t happened so far? Well, that’s another one of a wait and see, I guess, let’s hope nothing else happens between tomorrow and then when the new Congress is seated early next year, and a lot of the polls and the pundits are saying the House could switch from Democratic control to Republican. ![]() So they’re trying to give the individual lawmakers in their offices a little bit more flexibility as they try to work out these issues. But it’s this other issue where the members are really more at risk in their districts, that they’re trying to figure out exactly what is the balance? How much can they do? Now, there have been some things that they’ve done in recent years where they basically loosened up the purse strings, so that some lawmakers should they choose to can actually use some of the money that would go to their offices to actually get security cameras or get additional security for their own protection, and that it really comes down to the lawmaker, it’s up to them. And they have certainly done things, a lot of things here at the Capitol. They’re doing a lot of things behind the scenes. And we’ve seen candidate after candidate both for Congress, and in some of the governor’s races in New York, the candidates were attacked, or their homes were or both, has Manger answered that at all? I mean, I’m probably still trying to figure out what their procedures should be. Tom Temin: Yes, because the political tone, as you mentioned, I mean, there are candidates that are wearing bulletproof vests. And Capitol Police are now pushing for more money to take on some of those responsibilities. But they do feel that there are some reforms that can still be taken. Now, obviously, it’s cost prohibitive to have protection for all of these lawmakers, more than 500 of them in the House and Senate. And then also more broadly, what are some of the issues that are going to be taken up by Capitol Police in terms of just regular lawmakers who are going back and forth to their districts. And basically Lofgren wants to know more about what kind of things are going to be done for not only the members but their family members. ![]() She has been the target of all kinds of threats, probably more than any other lawmaker in Congress. For those in the line of presidential succession, of course, Speaker Pelosi is second in line in succession. California Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, who heads the House Administration Committee, she fired off a letter to Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger, basically raising questions about how much protection is being done. There was a slight delay in getting to this. One of these video feeds apparently captured this break in but because they don’t literally have eyes on every single feed, which they can’t do. They’ve actually established field offices in some places across the country, ironically, a field office for Capitol Police in San Francisco where House Speaker Pelosi’s home is located, but there are limitations to what can be done as Capitol Police pointed out they have roughly 1800 video feeds coming into their command center. Capitol Police have tried to address this in recent years. This really has everyone’s concern on Capitol Hill and particularly not only here in the Capitol, as you alluded to, but also when members are out campaigning across the country when they’re out in their home districts. Tom Temin: Let’s talk about security because that terrible attack really has people rattled. Insight by Rubrik: During this exclusive CISO Handbook webinar, moderator Justin Doubleday and guests Louis Koplin from the Department of the Navy and Michael Mestrovich from Rubrik will discuss zero trust progress and strategy moving forward at the Department of the Navy. Here with what’s going on, WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller talked to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. More anxiety comes from the possibility of a party switch in the House or Senate or both. But the attack at the Pelosi home in San Francisco has Congress rattled once again about security. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband is recovering. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Here with what’s going on, WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller talked to the Federal Drive.īest listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. ![]() Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari.
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