But Slater said authorities were still working to determine a motive and had “no indication” Hodgkinson knew about the ball practice ahead of time.
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The game’s modern reiteration began in 1962, when Speaker John McCormack revived the game with the help and sponsorship of Roll Call, according to the House.
“It’s security for other people who are there, too”, she said. Head to the ballpark on gameday and you’ll often see members of Congress dressed in uniforms representing their districts or states.
A Secret Servicer officer was injured Wednesday evening by a vehicle he was trying to stop from disrupting President Donald Trump’s motorcade back from the hospital where two victims of the attack on a congressional baseball practice are being treated.
U.S. House Majority Whip, LA Representative Steve Scalise was critically wounded by gunfire in a brutal attack on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. When Pelosi warned Republicans to “curb our enthusiasm” in 2009, it was near the height over the health care debate over the Affordable Care Act, a contentious piece of legislation that some Republicans said would bring an end to freedom in the country.
IL lawmakers will still play baseball after Wednesday morning’s shooting.
So far, investigators have not linked Hodgkinson to any radical groups, said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly.
“When a neighbor is hurting or under attack, the American people come together with generosity, compassion and prayer, and we always will”, Pence said. “We believe the best way to honor them is to play the game as scheduled tomorrow night”.
He was struck by the fact that the attacker was armed with a rifle while the police officers only had pistols.
The gunman had a rifle and “a lot of ammo”, said Sen. The game will allow “everyone in our community to focus on our kids who need us the most, and giving kids a safe place to go after school is something that we can all agree upon, regardless of party or politics”.
On Wednesday, he sat in the lobby using a laptop and then left.
Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-N.J., is among lawmakers who have received death threats in recent months.
During an off-camera press gaggle, White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was asked whether the president and the White House in general have any responsibility to adapt a different tone the way that members on both sides of the aisle in Congress are calling for.
“He’s gonna recover, it’s just gonna take him some time”.
The Democrats’ star player is Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), who played college baseball at Morehouse College.
Currently, the office allowance can not be used for home security. “At the request of the family, we will continue to provide periodic updates”.
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“There is so much you do that I disagree with”, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, a staunch conservative, told his panel’s top Democrat, unwavering liberal Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif.
