Housewife Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday that the chamber intends to adopt new rules requiring members to pay fines for refusing to go through newly installed metal detectors in the U.S. Capitol or to comply with security after the deadly assault last week.
The fines – $ 5,000 for a first offense and $ 10,000 for a second one – come into effect when the House returns to the session on January 21 and will be deducted from their members’ amount, according to a news release from the office of the speaker. .
Pelosi said in a statement that she “expresses her deep gratitude to the U.S. Capitol Police for the bravery they showed” during the riot for Trump, claiming that some Republicans “despise our heroes by verbally abusing and refusing them. to comply with basic precautions, “when they refused to go through the metal detectors.
She added that the new security changes are needed to keep the work in the Capitol, including the Capitol police, safe.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., An ally of President Donald Trump, goes through a metal detector before entering the living room, a new security measure introduced after a mob stormed the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite)
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The speaker said it was “tragic that this step was needed.”
Several Republicans this week refused to comply with the procedure, while others at Capitol Security and House Democrats complained that the security measures were put in place without adequate notice or consultation.
In one heated meeting, Rodney Davis, R-Ill, member of the House Administration, had harsh words with the Capitol Police, as well as the leader of the majority of the House, Steny Hoyer, D-Md.
Davis became angry after security barred access to a staircase near the speaker’s foyer, which was usually open to members.
“Steny, these are bulls —,” Davis said.
‘Rodney, we’re all going through the magnetometers. All of us, ‘Hoyer said in response when Davis argued with the officer.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Tx., Was one of the Republicans of the House who chose not to go through the metal detectors.
“The policy for the metal detector for the house floor is unnecessary, unconstitutional and endangers members,” Roy said in a statement on the incident. “I did not listen tonight. I will not comply in the future.”
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Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., Who campaigned for her commitment to the Second Amendment and her campaign for her right to be armed at the Capitol, refused to surrender her purse when it started the metal detector . She was eventually admitted to the living room.
“We did not need any more metal detectors when we were locked in the rooms on the 6th,” she later wrote on Twitter.
Democrats blew Republicans over their defiance.
“Do not these people understand that literally everyone else has to go through metal detectors to get in here?” Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., Tweeted. “Average people are not allowed to bring normal weapons to the US capital. Go over yourselves.”
In a tweet addressed to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Ted Lieu, D-California, that everyone will be expected to go metal detectors during the inauguration of Biden, “including GOP members who believe they do not have to listen. Law enforcement. Will you commit to the members of your caucus go through metal detectors during the inauguration? ‘
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Timothy P. Blodgett, acting House Sergeant, said in a memorandum to members on Tuesday that they were recently expected to go through the metal detectors.
House Democrats also imposed a new rule on Tuesday in which members are fined $ 500 for not wearing a mask on the House floor.
Thomas Barrabi of Fox News contributed to this report.