[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 107 (Wednesday, July 24, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S5851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 OFFICER CHESTNUT AND DETECTIVE GIBSON

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, it is hard to believe that 15 years ago, as 
the Presiding Officer knows, Police Officer Jacob Chestnut and 
Detective John Gibson were killed trying to prevent a crazy man from 
entering the Capitol. We will have at 3:40 p.m. a moment of silence in 
memory of these two good men. And, of course, every year their families 
are there.
  I really appreciate the work of the Capitol Police to make this 
building safe for us, staff, and all the visitors, and there is no time 
more directed toward that than events like this. But because of the 
sacrifice those two men made, the Capitol is a safer place as a result 
of the Visitor Center, which now allows people to come into the Capitol 
in an orderly fashion. They can have their bags checked and everything 
so very quickly. In addition, there are restrooms and meeting halls. So 
the sacrifices made by these two men have made this place safer. It is 
just tragic that it took both their lives to do that.

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