{"id":1571443,"date":"2022-07-26T11:21:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T15:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571443"},"modified":"2022-07-26T11:22:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T15:22:45","slug":"house-members-may-now-receive-up-to-10000-in-home-security-as-threats-against-lawmakers-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-members-may-now-receive-up-to-10000-in-home-security-as-threats-against-lawmakers-escalate\/","title":{"rendered":"House Members May Now Receive Up To $10,000 In Home Security As Threats Against Lawmakers Escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-members-may-now-receive-up-to-10000-in-home-security-as-threats-against-lawmakers-escalate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571443&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House members will have the ability to obtain thousands worth in security for their homes as lawmakers continue to face threats, according to an email obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>House Sergeant at Arms (SAA) William J. Walker wrote to all members and their staff Monday announcing the creation of a residential security program on Aug. 15. The SAA intends to subsidize some security system equipment and installation costs for the residences of lawmakers, according to the email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis program will strengthen the security of Members of the House of Representatives and their families,\u201d Walker wrote in the email.<\/p>\n<p>Motion sensors, video recorders, indoor cameras, outdoor cameras and locks are some of the appliances eligible for the program. The SAA will also pay up to $150 per month for maintenance and monitoring of appliances, according to the email.<\/p>\n<p>Walker\u2019s email comes on the heels of Republican New York Rep. Lee Zeldin getting nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/22\/joe-biden-lee-zeldin-attack\/\">stabbed<\/a> at a campaign event Thursday upon a man attacking him with a blade. Another man was <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/3555826-man-accused-of-threatening-to-kill-jayapal-outside-her-home\/\">arrested<\/a> outside Democratic Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal\u2019s home in early June for allegedly threatening to murder the congresswoman. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/22\/man-who-allegedly-tried-to-stab-gop-rep-let-out-of-jail\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Man Who Allegedly Tried To Stab Rep. Lee Zeldin Let Out Of Jail)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) said in 2021 there had been an 107% surge in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/07\/politics\/congress-threats-to-lawmakers-capitol-police\/index.html\">threats<\/a> against members compared to in 2020 \u2014 with roughly 10,000 threats against lawmakers being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/violent-threats-congress-capitol-police\/\">reported<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>USCP did not offer any details about the nature of the reported threats or what it believes is behind the increase. USCP is working on hiring around 280 more officers by September, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tour-groups-return-to-u-s-capitol-as-restrictions-remain\/\">according<\/a> to CBS News.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7485009\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7485009\" class=\"wp-image-7485009 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1223812741-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1223812741-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1223812741-175x120.jpeg 175w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1223812741-620x424-1.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1223812741-768x526-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1223812741-1536x1052-1.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1223812741-2048x1402-1.jpeg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7485009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SULHAMSTEAD, UNITED KINGDOM \u2013 JULY 01: The CCTV cameras at the Bull Inn in Stanford Dingley, which were pointed out, during the Old Bailey jury site visit to scene where Pc Andrew Harper died on July 1, 2020 in Sulhamstead, United Kingdom. Henry Long, 19, Albert Bowers, 18, and Jessie Cole, 18, are appearing at the Old Bailey in London, where they are accused of murdering the 28-year-old police officer who was dragged behind a car after responding to a reported quad bike theft in August 2019. (Photo by Steve Parsons \u2013 WPA Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>SAA\u2019s are elected each Congress in both the House and the Senate, and are responsible for being the chief law enforcement officer for their respective chamber.<\/p>\n<p>The SAA, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.house.gov\/the-house-explained\/officers-and-organizations\/sergeant-at-arms\">oversees<\/a> eight divisions including House Security and Emergency Management, will <a href=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/appropriations-committee-releases-fiscal-year-2023-legislative-branch-funding#:~:text=%2438.8%20million%20is%20provided%20for,above%20the%20FY%202022%20level.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">receive<\/a> more than $38 million in fiscal appropriations funding in 2023. Funding for next year is $11 million more than in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The SAA declined a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Sergeant at Arms (SAA) William J. Walker wrote to all members and their staff Monday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1571443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1571443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1571443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1571443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1571443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1571443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}