Political Quotes

“I wish to just speak briefly, as chairman of the Rules Committee, on behalf of the work that our committee has been doing since I have been privileged to take over the chairmanship. We have been looking at, first, a program by which the security of the overall square here--we call it a square--both the building security and the outside security can be enhanced. There is an ongoing--almost weekly--meeting on security at some level in this system. The Rules Committee has given the clearest instructions to the Architect of the Capitol, indeed, to the chief of the police, and others, to bring to the attention of the committee, and others, any new type of equipment or concept that can help improve the security of the Nation's Capitol. That has been done, and done very, very well. On August 20 of last year--about a year ago--a plan was put forward entitled 'United States Capitol Square Perimeter Security Plan.' A hearing was held before my committee, the Rules Committee, on September 25, and the Rules Committee accepted the plan on November 4, 1997.”