Forty-two House Republicans have sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urging her to remove the barricades surrounding the Capitol in Washington, erected in the days after the building was stormed on Jan. 6. Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), the primary signatory of the letter (pdf), said in a statement that the request is for Pelosi to remove what some fear is poised to become “permanent military-style fencing around the Capitol.” The undersigned representatives said they are concerned about the presence of “enhanced fencing” surrounding the Capitol even though the presidential inauguration and related high profile events that led to its erection have since passed. “In particular, we are concerned with recent reports that the fencing surrounding the Capitol may become permanent,” they wrote. “We are willing to have an honest debate about providing Capitol Hill Police with the resources they need to be better prepared without turning the Capitol …