[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13399-13400]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                RESPECT VIRGIN ISLANDS' LAW ENFORCEMENT

  (Mrs. CHRISTENSEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. Mr. Speaker, I came to the floor originally to 
reassure our seniors about Democrats' determination to save Social 
Security as it approaches its 75th birthday, but I must respond to my 
colleague who raised the issue of the ATF Agent William Clark.
  Neither he nor I know exactly what happened the day that Agent Clark 
shot and killed Mr. Sukow. Yes, he did come to the aid of a lady who 
was at least being verbally assaulted by the victim, and the victim had 
a flashlight in his hand.
  But the investigation raised serious questions about the level of the 
threat and whether the reaction of Agent

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Clark was excessive. Given the information received by witnesses, an 
attorney, and a security guard, as well as the medical examiner and the 
police investigation, our attorney general acted responsibly by 
charging the agent.
  Agent Clark has and will continue to have a fair hearing in our 
courts, and Congress should not do anything to interfere with the 
judicial process. We wish the incident did not happen.
  In the meantime we are working with Federal law enforcement to make 
sure that the authority under which they carry out their duties will be 
clear. We respect their work, and we ask that they respect the Virgin 
Islands' law enforcement in return.

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