[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 41 (Tuesday, April 4, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H1400-H1401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       RESPECTING CAPITOL POLICE

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Madam Speaker, last week we finally saw the 
Democratic Party roll out their ideas about how we should secure 
America,

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and they put a very heavy emphasis on how important they thought it was 
to support our first responders.
  How ironic it was, then, on that very same day to hear allegations 
that a Democrat Member of this House struck a Capitol Police officer, 
and how disheartening to hear the response of the Democratic leader of 
this House. It was, she said, no big deal.
  To those who might agree with the Democrats that allegedly assaulting 
a Capitol Hill Police officer is no big deal, I would respectfully 
remind them that just a few years back two members of the Capitol 
Police were shot and killed in the line of duty by a deranged man who 
was trying to attack the majority whip, and that during moments of 
danger and evacuation Capitol Police stand their posts while the rest 
of us seek to secure ourselves and the safety of others.
  This is only my second term here, so the Capitol Police don't always 
recognize me and occasionally they do check my identity. They stop me 
and check my identity. No problem.
  Madam Speaker, I wish to go on record as supporting the jobs that the 
brave men and women in the Capitol Police do to protect all of us, and 
let me just say to them thank you.

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