As a vision for revamped and advanced security measures across the U.S. Capitol remains opaque, the Architect of the Capitol will ask Congress to approve a new budget of $865 million, an increase of $67 million over the agency’s most recent request.
The figure exceeds the $619 million sought by the U.S. Capitol Police for fiscal year 2022. Yet the Architect of the Capitol is an expansive agency responsible for not only security measures, but also for maintaining and improving the Capitol complex, the U.S. Supreme Court and the Library of Congress.
Through his written opening statement reviewed by WUSA9, Blanton shies away from illustrating specific security spending. Instead, he describes a proposed investment of almost $90 million, focusing on renewing aging infrastructure ranging from fire alarms to campus intrusion safeguards.
“As we continue to assess the Capitol’s future facility needs in the aftermath of the January sixth breach, I also ask for the subcommittee’s support of a campus-wide facility assessment,” Blanton writes. “I promised to transform the AOC. This budget request is the first step in that transformation.”
That will ALL go to a new Office re-do for Pelosi !!!!
Who is the architect > Albert Speer ??? The one Hitler used !!!!
Designing D.C like Berlin Germany now ???
Properly protecting the plutocrats who rule us is expensive.
Rumored to be on the list is a moat surrounding the Capitol with a variety of suitably ornate drawbridges and imported Nile crocodiles in ready release pens. Also rumored are towers and battlements astride the drawbridges; instead of hot oil defenders will throw discharged batteries and chunks of windmill blades. Gourmet provisions sufficient to last for an electoral cycle will be stocked. A dairy herd will be started to graze on the National Mall so that the speakette can have fresh luxe ice cream without threat of freezer burn.
/sarc mebbe;mebbe not