The committee’s ranking member, Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., joins Senator Margaret Wood Hassan, DN.H., at the House Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing. Senate on February 28, 2023.
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The committee’s ranking member, Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., joins Senator Margaret Wood Hassan, DN.H., at the House Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing. Senate on February 28, 2023.
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An aide to Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky is recovering from assault in Washington, DC
“Last weekend, an employee of mine was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, DC,” Paul said in a statement. Paul said a suspect has been arrested, and asked for prayers for the aide’s speedy and complete recovery.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the officer was stabbed multiple times and his injuries were life-threatening.
He declined to name the aide, instead asking for privacy so “everyone can focus on healing and recovery.”
The incident comes after Congress moved earlier this year to repeal a new penal code – the product of a multi-stakeholder review of the criminal justice system. – for the Washington, DC area. Republicans argue – and President Biden says this is a concern – that the new law could be seen as too soft on crime at a time when homicide and auto theft rates are on the rise in the country. DC, according to police data.
On Wednesday, The House Oversight Committee will hold this is the first in a series of hearings in Washington, DC, focusing on crime, safety, and city governance. Witnesses at Wednesday’s hearing included DC Councilmember Phil Mendelson as well as Charles Allen, another councilmember, and Greggory Pemberton, president of the DC Police Coalition.
