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Committee member raises safety concerns; witness says moderation and randomized sampling reduced abusive submissions
Summary
A committee member said lawmakers have faced death threats and increased security budgets; the witness said in an NSF-funded study of deliberative forums with more than 1,400 submitted questions, none had to be removed for abusive content and that moderation and randomized sampling help reduce hostility.
During the same House Administration Committee exchange, Speaker 1 raised member safety as a central concern, saying lawmakers have received death threats and that the committee has "worked very hard to increase the security budget of most of our members," including the use of security…
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