Political Quotes

“many years ago I came to Washington, DC, to go to law school. I came back here because Nevada did not have a law school. Although I had opportunities to go other places, I came back here because it was kind of the thing Nevadans did. I got a job through my Nevada Congressman--we only had one at the time--Walter S. Baring. I had what was called a patronage job. I was a Capitol police officer. I was assigned here to the Capitol, assigned to the House side. That is what I did. My badge is still in my conference room. I worked the evening shift--from 3 to 11, as I recall. When I was a member of the Capitol Police Force, as I have said here on the floor, I did not do anything that was very dangerous. The most dangerous thing I did was direct traffic out on Constitution Avenue. At that time they had subway tracks in the road, and cars would bounce around. I did not do anything that was very dangerous; but I was a police officer. I am very proud of that. In this Senate Chamber, as we speak, there are people who are assigned to take care of us, staff, and all of the tourists who come in. We have tourists in the galleries. The police officers are assigned everyplace. Some have uniforms; most of them do not. Their job is to do everything they can to make sure this magnificent Capitol Complex is safe. Every day there are people who, if they could, would do damage to this Capitol and to the people who work here. In 1998 two of our Capitol police officers were on duty.…”