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Chris Kapenga: “We had one [security system] picked out, but we just…”

Featuring: Chris Kapenga, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 33

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UPFRONT: Increased Capitol Security

Published | Video Starts at 01:05

So the security concern, I've been raising that for about the last four years. And actually when I was in the president's spot in the Senate, we researched security systems. We had one [security system] picked out, but we just couldn't get enough support within the legislature to get that put in place. And we've been. I've been to Capitols all over the country. There's not one Capitol I've been in that we haven't had to go through intense security screenings. (01:05–01:11)

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Asserts that a security system was selected but lacked legislative support for implementation.

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