Conservatives oppose the permanent fixture of a wall surrounding the United States Capitol.

Access to and interaction with those we elect is central to our representative self-government. One of the qualities that makes America exceptional is our citizen legislature – that those we elect do not sit higher than us, but equal to us.

Placing higher and higher burdens on entry to the U.S. Capitol – the seat of our democracy – as well as access to those who represent us strikes at the heart of that relationship, and a central feature of republican government. It changes the detachment of our representatives from their constituencies from merely a rhetorical formulation into a literal one.

The safety and security of those we elect, as well as their staff, remains paramount. Those who seek to threaten them, or engage in political violence of any kind, should be prosecuted. But safety concerns must be balanced with the right of Americans to access the seat of their government. It must not be used as a proxy to further remove America’s representatives from the accountability and petitioning of those who elect them.

U.S. Capitol Police protocols are no doubt undergoing a reassessment after the events of January 6. Such action is warranted and necessary. But we oppose efforts to make Capitol Hill a fortress, and entrench such measures that are more about “security theater” than actual security.

The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)

Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
President, Republic Book Publishers

The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)

Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project
President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute

Tom McClusky
President
March for Life Action

Kelly K. Shackelford, Esq.
Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.
President and CEO, First Liberty Institute

The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth

Scott T. Parkinson
VP for Government Affairs
Club for Growth

Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund

The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)

L. Brent Bozell, III
Founder and President
Media Research Center

The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
The Leadership Institute

Herman Pirchner, Jr.
Founding President
American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC)

Myron Ebell
Director, Center for Energy and Environment
Competitive Enterprise Institute

Rachel Bovard
Senior Director of Policy
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)

The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.

Penny Y. Nance
President & CEO
Concerned Women for America

William L. Walton
President
Council for National Policy

Lisa B. Nelson

The Honorable Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council

The Honorable Donald Paul Hodel
U.S. Secretary of Energy (1982-1985)
U.S. Secretary of Interior (1985-1989)

Wesley Denton
Chief Operating Officer
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)

Thomas Fitton
President
Judicial Watch, Inc.

The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio

Jessica Anderson
Executive Director
Heritage Action for America

Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council

The Honorable Russ Vought
Director
Office of Management and Budget (2020-2021)

The Honorable Scott Walker
President, Young America’s Foundation
Governor of Wisconsin 2011-2019

David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United

Floyd Brown
Chairman
Superfeed Technologies Inc

Michelle Easton
President
Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women

Carrie Lukas
President
Independent Women’s Forum

Heather R. Higgins
CEO
Independent Women’s Voice

Craig Shirley
Reagan Biographer
Presidential Historian

Rod D. Martin
Founder and CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.

Sherri R. Martin
Executive Vice President
The Martin Organization, Inc.

Christina Murphy Lusk
President
The Martin Foundation

Lourdes Cosio
Campaign for the American Future

Guillermo J. Aragon
Chief Financial Officer
Martin Imaging, Inc.

Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain
National Federation of Republican Assemblies

Haley E. Martin
Past President
The Martin Foundation

Karen England
Executive Director
Capitol Resource Institute

Ron Pearson
Executive Director
Conservative Victory Fund

Lee Beaman
CEO
Beaman Ventures

Seton Motley
President
Less Government

Richard Norman
Founder and President
The Richard Norman Company

Austin Ruse
President
C-Fam

Sheryl Kaufman
Board of Directors
Americans for Limited Government

Chad Connelly
President
Faith Wins

Debbie Georgatos
Host, America, Can We Talk?
CWT Publicantions, LLC

Amapola Hansberger
President
Legal Immigrants for America

Thomas Pyle
President
American Energy Alliance

Gary Allan Marx
President
Madison Strategies LLC

Richard Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government

Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary

Andresen Blom
President
Hawaiian Values

G. Eric Georgatos
Executive Producer
America Can We Talk?
americacanwetalk.org

The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values

Jack Park
Conservative Donor and Activist
Law Offices of Jack Park

Terry Schilling
Executive Director
American Principles Project

Annette Thompson Meeks
CEO
Freedom Foundation of Minnesota

The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com

Saulius “Saul” Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association

James L. Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association

Charlie Gerow
CEO
Quantum Communications

Martha Boneta
President
VAF

Willes K. Lee
President
National Federation of Republican Assemblies

Darrell A. Henry
Executive Director
Western Caucus Foundation

Richard D. Hayes
Partner
Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP

Tom DeWeese
President
American Policy Center

Penna Dexter
Co-host
Point of View Radio

Khadine Ritter
Chairman
Eagle Forum of Ohio

Dr. Demaris Miller
Retired
Rappahannock-Rapidan Medical Reserve Corps

Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness

Donald L. Woodsmall
Principal
Arromid, LLC

Terrence Scanlon
Chairman 1985-89
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Comm.

Mario Navarro da Costa
Director, Washington Bureau
Tradition, Family, Property

Jessica Jensen
Vice President and Chief of Staff
Young America’s Foundation

Donna Rice Hughes
Founder/President
DRH Enterprises

Steve Berger
President
Ambassador Services Int’l

Tim Macy
Chairman
Gun Owners of America

The Honorable Tom DeLay
Former Majority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives

The Honorable Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus

C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.

Kielle C. Horton
President
The Lindsey Foundation

Melissa Kaye Ortiz
Founder & Principal
Able Americans

Tim LeFever
Chairman
Capitol Resource Institute

Gerard Kassar
State Chairman
NYS Conservative Party

Kevin Freeman
Founder
NSIC Institute

William W. Pascoe, III
Board Member
Tea Party Patriots Action

Dr. Rick Scarborough
President
Recover America Now

Bill Shaker
CEO
Washington Marketing Group

The Honorable Diana Denman
Presidential Appointee/President Ronald Reagan
Reagan Legacy Forum

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