[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 131 (Wednesday, October 3, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S10146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          CAPITOL HILL POLICE

  Mr. WELLSTONE. Madam President, regarding the Capitol Hill police, I 
will try to write a resolution and have it passed by the Senate, I hope 
they will do the same on the House side. I want to thank the Capitol 
Hill police for what they have been doing for us. I think my colleagues 
are aware, but sometimes in the rush of war it is easy to forget. Many 
of the Capitol Police are putting in 17- and 18-hour days. You can see 
the exhaustion on their faces.
  I have been thanking the officers individually when I walk by, and 
they are very gracious, but it is almost as if they are saying: Well, 
it is hard, but we want to do this.
  We owe a real debt of gratitude to them. I will try to bring a 
resolution to the floor tomorrow and have that passed. It would mean a 
lot. I think all Senators are very grateful. Those are long days and 
weeks. They are doing the extra work for the security for all of us.

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