EXCLUSIVE: Bice, Kelly introduce legislation to bring accountability to the Secret Service one year after Trump assassination attempt

Rep. Stephanie Bice (R., Okla.) marked the anniversary of the failed attempt on President Donald Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania by taking action in Congress.

Bice introduced legislation that would require the Secret Service to preserve all communications records for an extended period of time.

The Secret Service Recording Accountability Act, exclusively obtained by the Washington Reporter, would also force the Secret Service to turn over recordings to relevant congressional committees in cases where someone under its care was harmed.

“This legislation is about restoring accountability to the Secret Service,” Bice explained. “After the attempted assassination of President Trump in 2024, a multitude of questions remained about whether the shooter had been seen and how he was allowed to climb a facility and take aim at the President of the United States.”

“This commonsense legislation will help restore trust in our agencies and ensure that the American people have all the information if a tragedy like this were to happen again in the future,” Bice continued.

Rep. Mike Kelly (R., Pa.), who represents Butler in Congress, is cosponsoring the bill with Bice. Kelly co-led the bipartisan congressional task force that investigated the assassination attempt.

In the year since a Democratic Party donor tried and failed to assassinate Trump on air, Republicans have aimed to both get answers and deescalate tensions.

Earlier this week, Rep. August Pfluger (R., Texas) and the Republican Study Committee (RSC) hosted an event about lowering the tensions in America’s political climate.