[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 5961]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          U.S. CAPITOL POLICE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, before the Republican leader leaves the 
floor, I would like to say, through the Chair, that Senator Frist and I 
were in his office when we were approached by the Sergeant at Arms 
about an incident in front of the Capitol. People were able to watch on 
national TV what took place. Parts of the building were evacuated.
  The reason I mention this, without going into a lot of detail, is 
because of the great police force we have that takes care of the U.S. 
Capitol. They did work that was brilliant. I spoke to the Sergeant of 
Arms before we went into session. What they did to get ready to take 
that man down was extraordinary.
  We have the finest trained police force anyplace in the country. I 
would put our men and women up against anyone else. They do such a 
wonderful job. I express my appreciation for the whole Senate for the 
work of the Sergeant at Arms and Chief Gainer. This is professionalism 
at its best.
  What we do not see, of course, are the many times when they work off 
camera, when they do it late at night in various parts of this building 
where there are not a lot of people watching them.
  Mr. President, again, I applaud and congratulate every member of our 
Capitol Police force.

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