[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     SECRET SERVICE ACCOUNTABILITY

  (Mr. ROSE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROSE. Mr. Speaker, the American people continue to learn about 
the security failures leading up to the assassination attempt on 
President Donald Trump. They deserve to know what happened and that 
this will never happen again.
  Yesterday, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testified in the 
House Oversight Committee after being subpoenaed. Her testimony should 
have been voluntary, as times such as these require transparency. 
Nevertheless, House Members, on a bipartisan basis, are committed to 
getting to the bottom of what happened that awful day in Pennsylvania.
  I commend the heroism exhibited by the agents working the President's 
security detail, yet the agency and its leadership for which they serve 
must be held accountable. With more than $3 billion in annual funding, 
a would-be assassin should never have been able to fire multiple rounds 
at a Presidential candidate from the top of a roof just 147 yards away. 
This is unacceptable.

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