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\"This is horses---\" Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., the top Republican on the House Administration Committee, told House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in front of reporters.

\"Rodney, we're all going through magnetometers,\" Hoyer, D-Md., replied.

\"I just went through one. You know the threat on the interior side of the building. You'll taking valuable resources completely away from where it needs to be, and you did it without any consultation with the minority,\" Davis shot back.

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PHOTO: U.S. Capitol Police install a metal detector at the doors of the House Chamber Jan. 12, 2021 in Washington, D.C.
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Despite the protests, Pelosi said Wednesday night that the new measures will remain and the House will vote on Jan. 21 on a rule that would fine any member who refuses to abide by them. If the vote passes, violators will be fined $5,000 for the first offense and $10,000 for the second offense, with the money coming directly from the member's salary, the speaker said in a statement.

\"Sadly, just days later, many House Republicans have disrespected our heroes by verbally abusing them and refusing to adhere to basic precautions keeping members of our Congressional community, including the Capitol Police, safe,\" she said in a statement.

At the beginning of each session of Congress, every member receives a packet of official documents, including items such as their member pins required for security access and license plates. They also must sign a form acknowledging receipt of the packet, which includes \"Capitol Police Board Firearms Regulations.\"

\"Members are reminded that pursuant to the firearms regulations that Members received on opening day, firearms are restricted to a Member’s Office,\" acting Sergeant-at-Arms Timothy Blodget wrote in a memo Tuesday.

In an interview last week, freshman Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina revealed he was armed with a firearm during the assault on the Capitol -- an apparent violation of the firearm regulations.

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PHOTO: Rep. Madison Cawthorn while going to the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 12, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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“We didn't have our Capitol police escort so there were multiple times we needed to change the route we were taking just to be safe,” Cawthorn told the Smokey Mountain News as he described his evacuation from the House chamber. “Fortunately, I was armed, so we would have been able to protect ourselves.”

At just 25 years old, Cawthorn is the youngest member of Congress. Tuesday night, reporters noted that he was searched as he entered the House chamber.

“It’s [C]ongressman Cawthorn’s general posture to practice his Second Amendment rights, as well as the rights afforded to him as a member of Congress,” a spokesman told ABC News. “Congressman Cawthorn also abides by all Capitol Police regulations that he is made aware of.”

Currently, visitors and staff are screened when they enter the Capitol building, but before Tuesday, members were never screened before they entered the chamber.

There are already metal detectors in place for visitors to the House galleries, which have been shuttered since March because of the pandemic.

ABC News' Ivan Pereira contributed to this report.

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