‘Archaic security strategy’: DC delegate introduces bill banning permanent Capitol fencing

Published February 12, 2021 1:31am ET



Washington’s sole congressional delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, introduced legislation designed to stave off permanent fencing around the Capitol complex.

The Washington, D.C., Democrat introduced the No Fencing at the United States Capitol Complex Act on Thursday. Norton said while introducing her bill she hoped to improve security at the Capitol after the Jan. 6 siege but wants to do so without an “archaic security strategy that humans invented over 10,000 years ago,” according to WUSA9.

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