Republican Texas Congressman Pat Fallon and Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. engaged in a heated exchange during a House panel investigating the assassination attempt against President-elect Fallon. Fallon accused Rowe of disrupting the President's Secret Service detail during a 9/11 memorial ceremony, while Rowe defended his actions, citing respect for those who died on 9/11.
Director Ronald Rowe and Republican Texas Congressman Pat Fallon got into a screaming match Thursday at a House panel investigating the assassination attempt against President-elect
Fallon yelled about Rowe's attendance at the 9/11 memorial.He accused Rowe of putting the President's Secret Service detail out of position so he could sit behind him during the 9/11 remembrance ceremony. "Congressman, what you're not seeing is the of the detail off out of the picture's view. And that is the day where we remember more than 3,000 people that have died on 9/11," Rowe said Thursday. "I actually responded to Ground Zero. I was there going through the ashes of the World Trade Center. I was there at Fresh Kills."Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, questions Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec.
Earlier, Rowe told the House panel investigating the assassination attempt there is a heightened threat environment, and the Secret Service has already made changes to ensure the assassination attempt doesn't happen again. "We are operating in a heightened threat environment with expanding protection requirements, and this requires a shift in the Secret Service's levels of protection, readiness and sustainability," Rowe told Congress. "A paradigm shift focuses on elevating protection, prioritizing training, strengthening our workforce and increasing accountability."
HEATED EXCHANGE SECRET SERVICE CONGRESSMAN PAT FALLON DIRECTOR ROWE 9/11 MEMORIAL
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