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Harry Reid: I appreciate the prayer of the Chaplain. These men and women do a remarkable job for the country. All around the world…

On the recordMay 15, 2001
I appreciate the prayer of the Chaplain. These men and women do a remarkable job for the country. All around the world today there are evil people who if they could figure a way to do damage to these representative buildings of this great democracy or to the people who work in them, would do whatever evil they could. But what keeps them from doing that is the Capitol Police force. They are well trained. We are now, in fact, working towards developing our own academies so these men and women can be trained in this area and not have to travel hundreds of miles away in Georgia to do their training.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Honoring the Capitol Police and discussing their training and importance during a Senate session.

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