[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 11, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H3162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




COMMENDING CAPITOL POLICE AND OTHER PERSONNEL FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM 
                             IN EVACUATION

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I want to, first of all, commend the Capitol 
Police and all the other personnel who did such a fantastic job when we 
had the evacuation earlier today.
  It is never good, obviously, to have this kind of evacuation. But 
when we were kids in school, we had fire drills and things like that, 
and we wanted to see how well it was done. Today, it was done in a very 
professional way. And, thank God, it really was not a threat, but it is 
nice to know, when we need to leave, we can.
  So I want to just take the time to thank the Capitol Police and to 
all the personnel who worked with us here in making sure the evacuation 
was smooth and nobody was hurt. Responding to the threat and the threat 
over the aerospace was swift. And I think all of us as people who work 
at the Capitol can sleep a little better tonight knowing that our very 
highly trained personnel really had things under hand. It again shows 
the American public why we all need to be prepared for terrorism and 
why this is a new world, and I think that we are meeting the task. 
Again, I want to thank all those concerned.

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