Some members of the House Natural Resources Committee could be packing heat when they gather in the new session of Congress.
The panel on Wednesday dropped a rule it adopted in 2021, when Democrats were in the majority, that expressly prohibited its members from bringing firearms into their hearing room.
The committee, a common stage for passionate disagreement, sparred over firearm training and personal safety during an organizing session at which its assignment was to adopt rules for how it will conduct business. It eventually passed the rules package by a party-line vote of 24-14 — excluding the prohibition on firearms.
