James Traficant: “the American people have come to learn something that the Congress has dramatically now started to realize. These are…”

“the American people have come to learn something that the Congress has dramatically now started to realize. These are not country club jobs. The Capitol Police place their lives on the line like every other police department in the Nation. My district, the 17th Congressional District of Ohio, joins with the Congress and the Nation in mourning the loss of Officer Chestnut and Detective Gibson. The standards of the Capitol Police were always very high, but Officer Chestnut and Detective Gibson have now raised the bar several notches, and that bar of excellence is very high. We are all proud, and we all join in as the Nation mourns these two great policemen. But I want to talk to the Members who may be watching this telecast in their offices; to the Speaker; to my good friend, the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Gibbons) in the back; and to all the staff here. The Uniformed Division of the Secret Service makes more money than the Capitol Police for basically the same service. I take to the floor today as a former sheriff to say security needs of the Nation's Capitol and the Nation's buildings should be addressed.”