House lawmakers will be offered up to $10,000 to strengthen their home security amid increasing threats of violence against lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The stipend, announced by House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker, would offer to cover up to $10,000 worth of expenses for upgrading home security systems, cameras and video recorders, locks, and…

Next week the U.S. Capitol building will reopen for limited public tours after two years closed to the public according to a Wednesday memo from House Sergeant-at-Arms William J. Walker and Capitol physician Brian P. Monahan. “We are pleased to announce that on Monday, March 28, 2022, public tours of the Capitol will resume with a…

Next week, the U.S. Capitol building will reopen for limited public tours after being closed to the public for two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a March 23 memo from House Sergeant-at-Arms William J. Walker and Capitol physician Brian P. Monahan. “We are pleased to announce that on Monday, March 28, 2022,…

A Sergeant-at-Arms “visitor tracking” program to control access to the Capitol Complex by requiring all visitors to provide official photo IDs and submit to digital background checks will produce a “logistical nightmare” that “fundamentally alters our federal legislature,” a House committee was told Feb. 17. “I note with great alarm the suggestion by the House…