William R. Richardson: “Yesterday President Clinton received the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police, an organization that represents…”

“Yesterday President Clinton received the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police, an organization that represents the sizable majority of our country's police officers. President Clinton is the first Democrat running for President or being President endorsed by this organization. The endorsement came because of the President's strong anticrime, antidrug policies and initiatives for his tough sentencing policies, for community policing, 100,000 cops on the street. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to say that the president of the FOP is Gil Gallegos of Albuquerque, NM. So, Mr. Speaker, despite all this lofty rhetoric that the President is soft on crime, I am proud to say that the Nation's police officers are firmly in the President's corner.”