Pelosi talks Capitol security amid threat
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed at her weekly press conference Thursday possible plots planned for the same day that pose threats to the Capitol, explaining the reasons the House voted on a policing bill named for George Floyd late Wednesday night rather than Thursday morning as originally scheduled.
"So it was really just as a convenience and, frankly, there are a lot of us," Pelosi said, referring to the size of the House compared with the Senate, which is in session Thursday. "We’re at least four times more people, and therefore, all that that implies in terms of numbers of people in the Capitol, if in fact there's any troublemakers around, and it made sense."
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Pelosi also responded to questions from reporters about the possibility of adding more security, saying she recognizes it is going to take more funding to secure the Capitol.
"It's going to take more money to protect the Capitol in a way that enables people to come here, children to come and see our democracy in action, all of you to cover what happens here safely, members to be comfortable that they are safe when they are here, and not be concerned about what happened last time," Pelosi said.