Lawmakers outraged after soldiers are moved to a parking garage

WASHINGTON D.C. — Members of both parties are irate about reports that soldiers were forced to take rest breaks in a parking garage outside the Capitol building.

About 25,000 Guard members from across the country deployed to help secure President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

There were 400 soldiers from Oklahoma.

Sen. Jim Inhofe says he’s digging for answers.

“We’re getting answers,” said Sen. Inhofe. “I called the acting chief of the Capitol Police,”

Sen. Inhofe says he was told the confusion started with one officer.

Both the Guard and Capitol Police issued a joint statement Friday afternoon saying they have now coordinated to establish “appropriate spaces” within Congressional buildings for on-duty breaks.

The statement noted that off-duty troops have hotel rooms or “other comfortable accommodations.”

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