{"id":5640,"date":"2026-05-12T22:02:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5640"},"modified":"2026-05-12T22:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:02:06","slug":"republican-senators-say-they-need-more-detail-on-1b-white-house-security-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5640","title":{"rendered":"Republican senators say they need more detail on $1B White House security request"},"content":{"rendered":"

By MARY CLARE JALONICK<\/strong><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Republican senators left a meeting with the director of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday saying they need more details on a $1 billion security plan for the White House, including a proposed $220 million to secure President Donald Trump\u2019s new East Wing ballroom.<\/p>

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Secret Service Director Sean Callan discussed the proposal at a closed-door party lunch. According to a breakdown of the plan obtained by The Associated Press, the $220 million would go to harden the ballroom addition, including \u201cbulletproof glass, drone detection technologies, chemical and other threat filtration and detection systems, and a host of other national security functions.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Secret Service request comes after a man was charged with trying to assassinate Trump at the White House Correspondents Association dinner last month. The rest of the money would go for other security improvements, according to the document, including $180 million for a new White House visitors screening facility and $175 million for \u201cinvestments to train USSS agents in the modern threat environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several GOP senators leaving the luncheon said the breakdown was too vague. They want to know more about how the money would be spent \u2014 and why it is needed now. Trump has said repeatedly that the ballroom construction would be paid for with $400 million in private funds, but the White House hadn\u2019t previously proposed the security costs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want more information,\u201d said Florida Sen. Rick Scott, a close ally of the president. \u201cI ran companies, okay? If somebody came to me and said they were going to spend a billion dollars on something, I\u2019d get more detail.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine, questioned why all of the security improvements weren\u2019t in Trump\u2019s budget earlier this year. She said she asked for \u201ca lot more data.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indiana Sen. Todd Young said he wants to be supportive, but \u201cthey need to go back and get us more detail about how exactly they arrived at the figures.\u201d<\/p>

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