Are members of Congress also in possession of classified materials?

Congress is quick to condemn former residents of the White House for being in possession of classified materials in their homes or private offices. Supposedly classified documents are closely guarded when being viewed by authorized individuals in secure rooms. My question is, what about members of Congress being in possession of classified materials they have access to as part of their responsibilities?

Might not members of the Intelligence Committee or leaders in the House and Senate have some of these documents in their homes for study or background for their memoirs?

A Jan. 25 op-ed column, “A vice president, the press and a secret doc,” indicates that Biden had classified documents in plain view on his office desk in 2010 when vice president. Perhaps the FBI’s search for such documents should extend to others with access to classified documents. What if classified documents were in the Pelosi residence when broken into? 

David MacFarlane, Palm Desert

Warning: Adam Schiff for Senate

Certain editions of The Desert Sun should probably come with a warning. The Jan. 27 Sun announced that Representative Adam Schiff is shooting for a seat in the United States Senate. Talk about scary stuff! No state has a political class that can hold a candle to California.

T.J. Sexton, La Quinta