Four congressional committees have statutory oversight.[10] The authority of the Police Chief is, in many ways, restrained. The Capitol Police chief reports to the Capitol Police Board, a three-person group composed of the Senate and House Sergeants at Arms and the Architect of the Capitol.[11] The chief is “whipsawed between partisan politicians and career professionals like the two Sergeants at Arms and congressional staff…here they literally have hundreds of people who think they're their bosses."[12] The pay for the USCP Chief is far less than many police chiefs in the US.

What if the House changes to Democrat control in January? Hurry up Johnson.