U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger says his department is looking at providing added security for members of Congress after last week's assault on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband.
Manger said, after the shootings of both Rep. Gabby Giffords and Rep. Steve Scalise, his agency has made security improvements, but today's threat landscape means improvements are "increasingly urgent."
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi arrive for the formal Artist's Dinner honoring the recipients of the 44th Annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2021.MORE: Poll workers and voting sites could be targets of extremists, NYPD warns, urging 'vigilance'
Threats against lawmakers have more than doubled since 2017, according to USCP statistics provided to ABC News. In 2017, there were nearly 4,000 and in 2021 there were nearly 10,000. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger speaks after a prayer vigil on the East Center Steps on the one year anniversary of the January 6th Capitol insurrection on Capitol Hill, Jan. 6, 2022."While progress has been made, there is still a lot of work to do," Manger said. "The Department’s long-term plans to expand our protective operations are already underway -- their importance only emphasized by Friday’s brutal attack.
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