Political Quotes

“I rise to make a floor statement on behalf of a member of our Senate family. I, like so many other Senators, come into a particular entrance here in the Senate as I drive in in the morning. I rise today to pay tribute to Officer Lonnie Tabron. Officer Tabron retired from the Capitol Police on Saturday, October 1, 2005, having completed 22 years of distinguished service since his first day on the force, May 4, 1983. Lonnie Tabron was born in Washington, DC, in July 1949, and he received his education in the District's public school system, where he always strived for excellence. After graduating from high school, Lonnie served the United States of America in the Armed Forces in Vietnam. He ably answered the call to duty and throughout his term in the Army, rising to the rank of sergeant, he represented our Nation with valor and integrity. During his distinguished career as a Capitol police officer, Lonnie worked 21 years on the Senate side of the Capitol. With his assignment to the ``barricade,'' as it is referred to, on the Delaware and C Street entrance, Lonnie became friends with my colleagues and staff alike. In the many years I entered that entrance, this fine man--whether it was bitter cold or intensely hot, raining or sleeting--always approached my vehicle, as all others, with a big smile on his face. In those days, when I guess my spirits were low, as I came, he lifted those spirits.…”