[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 121 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4932]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SECRET SERVICE FAILURES

  (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, like many of the Tennesseans I represent, I 
was relieved to learn that Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle 
resigned on Tuesday.
  We all watched as she refused to answer very simple questions at a 
House Oversight hearing this week. She did, however, confirm what we 
already knew, that a significant operational failure occurred on July 
13.
  Ms. Cheatle did not offer an explanation as to why the former 
President was allowed on stage after the agency was notified multiple 
times about a suspicious person. She did confirm that the roof from 
which the shooter acted was identified as a possible vulnerability days 
before the rally, yet failed to explain why it was not secured.
  I support a bipartisan task force to investigate the attempted 
assassination of former President Donald Trump. An armed, would-be 
assassin with a clear line of sight must never be allowed to get within 
150 yards of a Presidential nominee or a former President ever again.

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