As Congress conducts hearings and tries to get to the bottom of the numerous failures by the Secret Service that led to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, last month, one after another, Secret Service officials who should have known basic things like who was in charge and making sure there was coordination with local authorities, are instead claiming no knowledge of anything and coming off like the Keystone Cops. But a new House Bill could be just the thing to prevent another massive Secret Service breakdown.
Our country was millimeters away from a presidential assassination.
My bill ensures all presidential candidates are protected and requires the Secret Service Director to be confirmed by the Senate.
USSS Directors MUST be capable and apolitical.
— Rep. August Pfluger (@RepPfluger) August 5, 2024
Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) and five other House Republicans are backing a bill that would subject the Secret Service Director to a confirmation process in the Senate. The committee of jurisdiction would then vote on the nominee, followed by a vote in the entire chamber. A similar bill was introduced last month in the Senate, which would impose a ten-year term limit on the director position. Currently, the Secret Service Director is appointed by the president. In addition, the bill would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide presidential and vice-presidential candidates with a rationale for security within 14 days of the decisions being made.
The Secret Service has rightly been the subject of intense scrutiny since July 13, when Trump and two rally attendees were shot, one fatally. The agency is now facing some brutal questions by both the House and Senate as to how a 20-year-old kid was able to get onto a rooftop right outside a security perimeter, with both law enforcement and rally attendees spotting him before he managed to get several shots off. Pfluger was direct and to the point about the need for the bill, saying, […]
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