Congress OKs $2 billion security bill to help secure Capitol

based on Uh last 202 days of your life, what would you uh task this committee uh in its body of work? What would you like to see us do? And so the time the place and the circumstances of that rally, that rhetoric and those events to me, leads in the direction of our president and other members. Not only of Congress in the Senate, but that is what I'm looking for is an investigation into those actions and activities Which may have resulted in the events of January six. And also whether or not there was collaboration between those members, their staff and these terrorists, I need you guys to address If anyone in power had a role in this. If anyone in power coordinated, were aided or abetted or tried to downplay, tried to prevent the investigation of this terrorist attack, because we can't do it, we're not allowed to as for officers, We would do January six all over again. We wouldn't stay home because we knew it was going to happen. We would show up. That's courageous. That's heroic. So what I asked from you all is to get to the bottom of what happened, and that includes, like I echo the sentiments of all the other officers sitting here. I use an analogy to describe what I want is a hit man. If a hit man is hired and he kills somebody, hit man goes to jail, but not only does the hitman go to jail, but the person who hired them does There was an attack carried out on January six and I hit man sent them. I want you to get to the bottom of that. Thank you. Without objection. The committee stands to join. based on Uh last 202 days of your life, what would you uh task this committee uh in its body of work? What would you like to see us do? And so the time the place and the circumstances of that rally, that rhetoric and those events to me, leads in the direction of our president and other members. Not only of Congress in the Senate, but that is what I'm looking for is an investigation into those actions and activities Which may have resulted in the events of January six. And also whether or not there was collaboration between those members, their staff and these terrorists, I need you guys to address If anyone in power had a role in this. If anyone in power coordinated, were aided or abetted or tried to downplay, tried to prevent the investigation of this terrorist attack, because we can't do it, we're not allowed to as for officers, We would do January six all over again. We wouldn't stay home because we knew it was going to happen. We would show up. That's courageous. That's heroic. So what I asked from you all is to get to the bottom of what happened, and that includes, like I echo the sentiments of all the other officers sitting here. I use an analogy to describe what I want is a hit man. If a hit man is hired and he kills somebody, hit man goes to jail, but not only does the hitman go to jail, but the person who hired them does There was an attack carried out on January six and I hit man sent them. I want you to get to the bottom of that. Thank you. Without objection. The committee stands to join.

Video above: Capitol Hill officers demand action in riot hearingThe House voted 416 to 11 on Thursday to approve a roughly $2 billion Capitol Hill security spending bill in response to the deadly January 6 insurrection, clearing the measure for President Joe Biden's signature.Six House Democrats and five Republicans voted no.The House vote came shortly after the Senate voted unanimously to pass the measure by a tally of 98-0.The security supplemental funding bill will provide funding for the Capitol Police, the National Guard and other law enforcement partners to cover costs incurred during the insurrection. The legislation would help ensure the Capitol is protected in the future by paying for security upgrades at the Capitol complex. Funding is also set aside for expenses related to COVID-19 response at the Capitol and several other priorities.The House of Representatives passed a $1.9 billion security spending bill in response to the January 6 attack in May. But since the Senate deal is a separate and new piece of legislation, the House needed to take it up and pass that measure before it could be sent to the president.Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the Senate Appropriations Committee chairman, and Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the ranking Republican member on that panel, announced the agreement Tuesday, the same day that four officers who were on the front lines of the insurrection testified about the horrific violence they had faced that day during a hearing convened by the House select committee investigating the attack.The bill will provide $521 million to reimburse the National Guard for the cost of deployment to Capitol Hill and roughly $70 million to the Capitol Police to cover expenses incurred in response to the attack, according to a fact sheet released by Leahy's office. An additional $300 million will be used to bolster safeguards for the Capitol complex, including funds for window and door upgrades and the installation of new security cameras.In a sign of the bipartisan support behind the agreement, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell praised the deal earlier in the week."I applaud the bipartisan work from our colleagues," McConnell said. "I'm sure neither side finds the compromise perfect, but I believe that both sides should and will agree that it is absolutely necessary."Leahy told reporters that the final agreement wasn't everything that he or Shelby wanted, but the deal was a product of quiet negotiations."Fortunately, the way we did it was not a whole lot of speeches and histrionics in the floor and press conferences. We met quietly," Leahy said, noting his office near the Senate floor was a "very useful" place to meet.To cover the cost of the COVID-19 response at the Capitol, $42.1 million will be provided, including $800,000 to reimburse the Capitol Police for expenses such as the use of personal protective equipment during the pandemic.According to the fact sheet, the legislation will also provide humanitarian assistance for Afghan refugees, including $600 million to the Department of State "for refugee and migration assistance and to improve and strengthen the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program."The bill makes specific changes to the visa program, including increasing the number of authorized visas by 8,000 and lowering an employment eligibility requirement from two years to one.

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Video above: Capitol Hill officers demand action in riot hearing

The House voted 416 to 11 on Thursday to approve a roughly $2 billion Capitol Hill security spending bill in response to the deadly January 6 insurrection, clearing the measure for President Joe Biden's signature.

Six House Democrats and five Republicans voted no.

The House vote came shortly after the Senate voted unanimously to pass the measure by a tally of 98-0.

The security supplemental funding bill will provide funding for the Capitol Police, the National Guard and other law enforcement partners to cover costs incurred during the insurrection. The legislation would help ensure the Capitol is protected in the future by paying for security upgrades at the Capitol complex. Funding is also set aside for expenses related to COVID-19 response at the Capitol and several other priorities.

The House of Representatives passed a $1.9 billion security spending bill in response to the January 6 attack in May. But since the Senate deal is a separate and new piece of legislation, the House needed to take it up and pass that measure before it could be sent to the president.

Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the Senate Appropriations Committee chairman, and Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama, the ranking Republican member on that panel, announced the agreement Tuesday, the same day that four officers who were on the front lines of the insurrection testified about the horrific violence they had faced that day during a hearing convened by the House select committee investigating the attack.

The bill will provide $521 million to reimburse the National Guard for the cost of deployment to Capitol Hill and roughly $70 million to the Capitol Police to cover expenses incurred in response to the attack, according to a fact sheet released by Leahy's office. An additional $300 million will be used to bolster safeguards for the Capitol complex, including funds for window and door upgrades and the installation of new security cameras.

In a sign of the bipartisan support behind the agreement, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell praised the deal earlier in the week.

"I applaud the bipartisan work from our colleagues," McConnell said. "I'm sure neither side finds the compromise perfect, but I believe that both sides should and will agree that it is absolutely necessary."

Leahy told reporters that the final agreement wasn't everything that he or Shelby wanted, but the deal was a product of quiet negotiations.

"Fortunately, the way we did it was not a whole lot of speeches and histrionics in the floor and press conferences. We met quietly," Leahy said, noting his office near the Senate floor was a "very useful" place to meet.

To cover the cost of the COVID-19 response at the Capitol, $42.1 million will be provided, including $800,000 to reimburse the Capitol Police for expenses such as the use of personal protective equipment during the pandemic.

According to the fact sheet, the legislation will also provide humanitarian assistance for Afghan refugees, including $600 million to the Department of State "for refugee and migration assistance and to improve and strengthen the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program."

The bill makes specific changes to the visa program, including increasing the number of authorized visas by 8,000 and lowering an employment eligibility requirement from two years to one.

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