Richard B. Nugent: “They feel underappreciated. You know, they are not security guards; they are Capitol Police.”

This is a decision that essentially takes the 'air' out of 'airborne.'

I want to make sure that the Chief of Police is accountable to you all and through oversight of this committee.

I absolutely appreciate the chairman doing that and would love to work with him.

People forget that there is actually flesh and blood, parents and children, of those young men and women that are serving this country. They forget there are real people in those uniforms. And so that is why this is so important.