James Traficant: “when I was sheriff, I had a deputy gunned down by the name of Sonny Litch. I want to commend the Democrat and Republican…”

“when I was sheriff, I had a deputy gunned down by the name of Sonny Litch. I want to commend the Democrat and Republican leaders of the House the way they have handled this tragedy, because transition to normalcy will be very difficult. On behalf of all the people of the 17th Congressional District of Ohio, I, too, want to join my colleagues in saluting and paying tribute to John Gibson and Jacob Chestnut. There are words to describe them. They are policemen, D.C. Capitol Police that, for many years, they were looked at as country club policemen, and it took this stark reality. Ladies and gentlemen, the Capitol Police are of the highest standards. John Gibson and Jacob Chestnut have just raised the bar for all policemen in America. They prevented any loss of life on their appointed duties except their own. But I want to tell and remind the Congress today, because I was to offer an amendment to an appropriation bill and I was asked to not do it this year, that the D.C. Capitol Police is paid less than the Uniformed Division of the Secret Service who perform the same duties. That is unbelievable to me. The suburbs are robbing us of our good young guys and women that qualify through the FBI scrutiny for background checks. We must change that. The Uniformed Division of the Secret Service is paid more. I salute John Gibson and Jacob Chestnut. They have raised the bar and the standards for all policemen in our country.”