Speaker Nancy Pelosi
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Pelosi said the House will adopt new rules when it returns to the session on Jan. 21 to demand stiff fines to prevent security: $ 5,000 for the first offense and $ 10,000 for the second. Fines will be deducted from the salaries of legislators.
“It is tragic that this step is necessary, but the House of Commons will have to be and will be safe,” Pelosi said in a statement.
The incoming fines for refusing to comply with the new security measures come after numerous House Republicans denounced Capitol police officers on Tuesday and Wednesday for asking them to go through the metal detectors.
Several Republican lawmakers defiantly challenged Capitol police and the sergeant-at-arms in the chamber without going through magnetometers.
Members of Congress are usually given the chance to go through security at the Capitol complex if they show the pins of lawmakers. But the new security measure went into effect on Tuesday after last week’s attack on the Capitol by a violent crowd of supporters President Trump
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“To ensure compliance with the regulations of the Capitol Police Board on firearms and incendiary devices, as well as to provide a safe and secure environment in which to conduct legislative business, with immediate effectiveness, all persons are required, including members [to] undergo a security check upon entering the House of Commons, “Acting Weapons Sergeant Timothy Blodgett wrote in a note to lawmakers and staff.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Who has been pressured to carry a gun to the Capitol, was seen by reporters Tuesday night triggering a metal detector and declining to hand over her bag to police for inspection.
Another Republican in the House, Rep. Steve Womack
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Five people were killed in last Wednesday’s mass attack, including a Capitol police officer, Brian Sicknick, who was whipped by the riots. Another Capitol police officer, Howard Liebengood, reportedly died on the weekend after being on guard on the last day of the attack.
More than 50 Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police officers were injured, including several who had to be hospitalized. And during the house floor debate Tuesday night, he receives. Mary Gay Scanlon
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“On behalf of the House, I express my deepest gratitude to the U.S. Capitol Police for the courage they demonstrated during the deadly insurgency at the Capitol as they protected the lives of staff and Congress,” Pelosi said in the statement announcing fines to prevent metal detectors outside the house chamber.
“Unfortunately, a few days later, many House Republicans have disrespected our heroes by verbally abusing them and refusing to take basic precautions to keep members of our Congress community, including the Capitol Police, safe,” he said. added Pelosi.
Two Capitol police officers have been suspended since last week’s attack: one officer was seen taking a selfie with a riot police, while the other was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat and was driving the people.
It is the second time in so many days that Democratic House leaders have imposed fines for forcing Republicans to comply with rules aimed at ensuring the safety of people in the House.
House Democrats adopted new rules Tuesday night to impose fines on lawmakers who fail to comply with rules requiring masks on the floor of the House during the COVID-19 pandemic. Failure to wear a mask will result in a $ 500 fine for the first offense and $ 2,500 for another offense.
The adoption of fines for not wearing masks came after several House Republicans were without masks as they spent hours crammed into a safe space with hundreds of other lawmakers last Wednesday as law enforcement worked to clean up. the riots in the Capitol complex.
Three House Democrats who were in the safe space have tested positive for COVID-19.
Updated at 8:44 p.m.