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Early Friday, an <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/paul-pelosi-assaulted-156ece77186eb11b97260af3c5122f67\">assailant looking for Pelosi<\/a> broke into her San Francisco home and used a hammer to attack her husband Paul, who suffered blunt-force injuries and was hospitalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is, in fact, getting worse: The U.S. Capitol Police investigated almost 10,000 threats to members last year, more than twice the number from four years earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are 100%, completely vulnerable and the risks are increasing,\u201d says Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley, a Chicago-area Democrat. \u201cIf someone wants to harm you, they know where you live, they know where you work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers have pressured congressional leaders and the Capitol Police for better security, especially for their families and their homes outside of Washington. They have made some progress, with security officials promising to pay for upgrades to certain security systems and an increased Capitol Police presence outside Washington. But the vast majority of members are mostly on their own as they figure out how to keep themselves and their families safe in a country where political violence has become alarmingly frequent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attack on Paul Pelosi happened when Nancy Pelosi was out of town, which meant there was less of a security presence in their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s attacks like this that make all of us stand back and wonder what we can do better,\u201d says Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., who was at a baseball practice four years ago in Alexandria, Virginia, when a gunman wounded Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and four other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Davis, who was defeated for reelection in his Republican primary earlier this year, says security needs to be improved for members and their families, and \u201cwe also have to work to tone down some of the violent rhetoric that inspires some of these individuals to do what they do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As have many of their colleagues, Davis and Quigley both say they have improved security at their homes in recent years. Two years after the baseball shooting, an Illinois man was arrested for threatening to shoot Davis in the head. 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Lee Zeldin,<\/a> a Republican who is running for governor of New York, as he spoke at a campaign event and told Zeldin, \u201cYou\u2019re done.\u201d Zeldin wrestled the man to the ground and escaped with only a minor scrape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., revealed earlier this year that a man came to her house with a gun, screaming obscenities. After the incident, she wrote congressional leaders a letter and asked them to do more to keep members safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers have received some upgraded security since the Jan. 6 insurrection. In July, the House Sergeant at Arms sent a letter to all House offices saying that members could have up to $10,000 reimbursed for security upgrades in their homes, including intrusion detection systems, cameras, locks and lighting. But in reality, sophisticated security can cost much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And some members do get added security, if there are serious threats. Nancy Pelosi and other congressional leaders have Capitol Police security with them at all times, as do members who are deemed to be most vulnerable at any given time. That security apparatus doesn\u2019t always extend to families when the member isn\u2019t at home, however, making spouses like Paul Pelosi more vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection also have round-the-clock protection. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the chair of the committee, issued a statement Friday urging \u201cfederal agencies and law enforcement to redouble their efforts to protect officials, our elections, and our democracy in the days ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans on that committee, recently released menacing voicemails he had received threatening his wife and baby. Kinzinger tweeted Friday after Paul Pelosi\u2019s assault that \u201cevery GOP candidate and elected official must speak out, and now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican Rep. 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