WASHINGTON — Lawmakers demanded answers Friday after a report that Capitol Police officers have left their guns in the bathrooms of the Capitol complex three times this year.
“The fact that dangerous weapons were left in the open, potentially within reach of the general public, is unacceptable,” said a statement by Reps. Candice Miller, R-Mich., and Robert Brady, D-Pa.
Miller heads the House Administration Committee and Brady is the panel’s senior Democrat. The committee oversees security for the House.
The newspaper Roll Call, which first reported the incidents, said one of the guns was found by a child. The newspaper said the others were found by employees who work at the Capitol.
One gun was left by a member of Senate Majority Leader Mitch’s McConnell’s security detail, and another was left by an officer who protects House Speaker John Boehner, the newspaper said.