[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 106 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H6869]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         REMEMBERING PRIORITIES

  (Mr. FOSSELLA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOSSELLA. Mr. Speaker, today we laid to rest one of the Capitol 
Hill Police officers who died tragically in last week's shooting. And a 
few days ago, I spoke on the floor because a police officer in my 
hometown, in Staten Island, was shot in the head by a 17-year-old 
assailant who just a couple of years ago killed a man when he was 15, 
and served a total of 18 months in jail and was let go and is alleged 
to have killed another man before he shot the police officer. We got 
the news last night that that police officer is now dead.
  What that means is that a 6-year-old boy is without a father, a 
community has been destroyed, and yet we still question what we are 
going to do with this 15-year-old murderer.
  Mr. Speaker, I do not doubt the sincerity of the folks who today 
engage in campaign finance reform, but let us remember what the 
priorities are. A police officer is dead, a family is destroyed, and 
let us pray for them to find the strength to survive.

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