Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund said Tuesday that threats against members of Congress are on pace to exceed those received in fiscal 2018.

During Sund's testimony before the House Administration Committee, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), who was present at an Alexandria, Va., baseball field when a gunman shot at several House Republicans and seriously wounded House Minority Whip Steve Scalise Stephen (Steve) Joseph ScaliseHouse GOP slated to unveil agenda ahead of election House panel details 'serious' concerns around Florida, Georgia, Texas, Wisconsin elections Scalise hit with ethics complaint over doctored Barkan video MORE (R-La.) in 2017, questioned Sund about the number of threats to members of Congress.

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“We continue to see the threat assessment cases that we’re opening continue to grow,” Sund told the committee. “For FY 2018, we had approximately 4,894 cases. So far for this year, we have 2,502 cases. So we’re on par to probably break last year’s.”

Sund’s testimony came two days after President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE sent a series of tweets telling four progressive nonwhite congresswomen to “go back” to other countries. All four are U.S. citizens and only one, Rep. Ilhan Omar Ilhan OmarOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Trump attacks Omar for criticizing US: 'How did you do where you came from?' Democrats scramble on COVID-19 relief amid division, Trump surprise MORE (D-Minn.), was born outside the U.S.

Following the tweets, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson Bennie Gordon ThompsonHouse panel pans ICE detention medical care, oversight Senate to hold nomination hearing for Wolf next week Hillicon Valley: FBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden | Treasury Dept. sanctions Iranian government-backed hackers MORE (D-Miss.) sent a letter to Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Michael Stenger, chairman of the Capitol Police Board, asking for an emergency meeting to examine the board’s approach to risk analysis for members at particularly high risk.

“On Sunday, July 14, 2019, President Trump used social media to directly attack four members of Congress,” Thompson wrote. “To date, Trump continues to use social media to vilify these four members.”

I have sent a letter to the US Capitol Police, urging for member security procedures to be re-evaluated immediately. pic.twitter.com/YP0SXpbB8b — Bennie G. Thompson (@BennieGThompson) July 16, 2019

Omar discussed the threats she has received before and an upstate New York man was arrested earlier this year for allegedly threatening to assault and murder her.