[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H6494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            HOW CAN WE HELP?

  (Mr. HOUGHTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOUGHTON. Mr. Speaker, so many people have talked so eloquently 
about these two brave men that I am not going to try to do that. 
However, in less than an hour and a half we will be having this service 
in the Rotunda which the President, the Vice President, the members of 
the Cabinet and Senate and the House are going to be paying their final 
respects to these two courageous, courageous men. But I guess I ask 
myself how can we help? What goes on afterwards?
  We have had 2 days of mourning. There will be other mournings that go 
on. But sooner or later those families are going to be on their own, 
and they are going to need our help, and I hope we can be of help to 
them whether it is through any contributions we can make to funds, 
whether it is some help to their children, whether it is in a variety 
of different ways. I think those are the times when we will be needed.
  Also, I would like to feel that we can do what is needed to be done 
for the Capitol Police in terms of buttressing them and making sure 
that they have the proper protective equipment.
  Another thing I think is that there are a great many people out there 
who were not in Washington but have the same types of functions, and 
these people need our protection and our help. I know in my communities 
and the district in which I live similar people are exposed daily to 
the type of dangers that these two brave officers were.
  And also I think that there are a variety of people who are not in 
self service but are in service to this country, whether it is in the 
military or judiciary or a whole variety of things that really we 
should be aware of and sensitive to the conditions under which they 
work.

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