Rep. Elijiah Cummings, ranking democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, discussed how the Secret Service can make sure the behavior that took place Colombia doesn’t happen again, admitting to CNN’s Candy Crowley on Sunday that “you can’t legislate people not being stupid.”
“You don’t necessarily change behavior, but you certainly set the tone of what you want,” Cummings said. In response to Sen. Harry Reid’s comments that what the agents did was stupid, Cummings added: “You can’t legislate people not being stupid, but certainly you can uphold the high standards of this organization… We’re going to make sure that it remains the great organization that it is.”
He added that he thought more members of the Service would be stepping down shortly.
