 In the last four years, the protective budget has went up 20% and the investigation budget has went up 12%. A lot of that has to do with the increased threat level, large families, and then the amount of travel. Hyslop says presidents and their families travel a lot more than they used to. Of the almost $3 billion President Biden has requested for the 2025 Secret Service budget, Hyslop says about $1.3 billion would go to protection