Connie Mack: “I rise today to honor John Gibson and Jacob ``J.J.'' Chestnut, the officers who gave their lives Friday in the line of…”

“I rise today to honor John Gibson and Jacob ``J.J.'' Chestnut, the officers who gave their lives Friday in the line of duty. For Members of the Senate, I would remind them that John Gibson was one of the individuals who was a part of our security detail on our most recent retreat. Yesterday morning, after an early morning run, I stopped by the Capitol where people had placed flowers at the steps, and I talked with a young officer who told me how proud he was of J.J. J.J. was the kind of person who, after 20 years of service in the military, took under his wing the new men and women who were coming into the Capitol Hill Police Force service and to help them on a personal basis, giving them tips about the kinds of things to which they needed to pay attention with their training, the kinds of things they ought to try to accomplish when they are dealing with our constituents when they come into the Capitol. Many times, I am sure, we forget the difficulty of the duty that they have, on the one hand to be trained to the extent to react the way they reacted on Friday, unselfishly, putting themselves in harm's way so that others may survive, but at the same time having the responsibility of treating our constituents, our friends, our neighbors, when they come to the Capitol, with such graciousness.”