Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have requested briefings with the Secret Service in the wake of the shooting, with one committee set to hear from the agency soon.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a briefing with the Secret Service, according to a source familiar with the matter. The office of GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the committee’s chairman, has arranged a bipartisan briefing for Grassley and Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the panel’s top Democrat, regarding security protocols and related law enforcement matters involving the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Grassley did not attend the dinner.
The chairs of the House Oversight Committee and Homeland Security Committee have requested briefings of their own.
Rep. Andrew Garbarino of New York, who leads the Homeland Security Committee, wrote on X on Sunday that the panel “is in contact with the Department of Homeland Security and has requested a briefing from the Secret Service on this alarming attack.”
“As law enforcement investigations continue, I urge my colleagues in Congress to come together to fund DHS so its personnel have the resources to succeed in their no-fail missions, especially ahead of the World Cup,” Garbarino wrote.
Rep. James Comer, the Oversight Committee chairman, also noted that DHS, which oversees the Secret Service, remains shut down.
“DHS, including Secret Service, has been unfunded for more than 70 days now. It’s time to stop the games & fund DHS,” Comer wrote on X.
