The House is increasing the amount of money available to individual members for security purposes ahead of the August recess, the House Administration Committee announced Tuesday.
Since one Minnesota state lawmaker was killed by a gunman in June and a second was critically injured, members of Congress have clamored for enhanced measures to keep them safe, particularly while they’re in their home districts.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Administration Chair Bryan Steil, R-Wis., unveiled the plan to the Republican conference on Tuesday morning. It doubles a per member allowance to boost at-home security systems while dramatically increasing a monthly allotment that lawmakers can now use to hire personal security.
