Karen TownsendPosted at 6:31 pm on January 10, 2021 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Security measures are increasing for members of Congress as they travel into and out of Washington, D.C. The last week has proven challenging for lawmakers traveling back to their home states and back into Washington, D.C. The increase in incidents against lawmakers has brought new safety measures into place. A “House Alert” was sent to members of Congress on Saturday. In it, according to a report in Axios, the House Sergeant at Arms “and the U.S. Capitol Police have partnered with the Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority and the United States Air Marshals to increase security for Members of Congress while traveling to and from Washington D.C.” In the past week, the activities of January 6 instigated harassment toward Senator Mitt Romney at the Salt Lake City Airport and Senator Lindsey Graham at Reagan National Airport. Rep. Al Green, a Houston Democrat, was also surrounded by a group of people angry about his actions as he traveled back to Houston. In the case of Green, he was harassed by yelling Trump supporters during a flight change in the Nashville airport. In a local report of that incident, it was reported that airport security escorted Green away from the crowd. Both Romney and Graham are shown on videos walking away from their critics alone, on their own. At the time I saw the report on Green during our local evening news here in Houston, I noticed that Green received assistance from security, which apparently neither Romney nor Graham were given.