Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., calls for an 'overhaul' of procedures to protect classified material as questions swirl over Biden's handling of sensitive documents.
veteran, revealed she finds the processes and procedures"more loose than they should be" compared to military policy.
"It's not just a presidential issue. I believe we also in the House and the Senate need to be more thoughtful about how we handle classified materials and information. And I believe we ought to have the same kind of background checks and training that we do when we're in the military," she said. "This is something that I think that we in the Congress don't totally understand, frankly, because I don't think we have adequate training and understanding of the sensitivity of these documents."UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 28: Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., conducts a news conference with members of the New Democrat Coalition on their 2020 agenda in the Capitol Visitor Center on Friday, February 28, 2020.
"Our hard work, patriotism, earnestness and ‘trustworthiness’ are no excuse for bad policy and shoddy guardrails," she wrote. "This conversation is long overdue, and change must happen now. These recent security breaches are only the stories we of, and we only know of them for the political wins both parties seemingly score by their breathless exposure of these delicious deviations.
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