[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3402]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         TRIBUTE TO UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE CHIEF KIM DINE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, my friend the Republican leader will be here 
shortly. I have something to do downtown, so I will have to leave. I 
certainly do not want to get ahead of him. I know he is going to say 
something because we have talked about Chief of Police Kim Dine, who 
has retired.
  I want to join with the Republican leader in recognizing the work of 
the U.S. Capitol Police Chief, Kim Dine. He spent his life in law 
enforcement. He spent his entire professional life serving and 
protecting the people of Washington, DC, and the entire metro area. He 
started as a young officer here in Washington 41 years ago and over the 
course of three decades has moved up the ranks of the Metropolitan 
Police Department, becoming assistant chief of police.
  In 2002, he was selected to serve as chief of police of Frederick, 
MD. He served the people of Maryland with distinction for 10 years.
  In 2012, our Sergeant at Arms asked Chief Dine to come back to 
Washington, this time as Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police Department. 
We are very fortunate that took place.
  Chief Dine helped oversee President Obama's 2013 inauguration, and 
since then it has been event after big event: four State of the Union 
Addresses, Memorial Day and Fourth of July concerts, and, of course, 
Pope Francis's historic visit here last year. During all of those 
proceedings, it was his obligation to protect the people who are 
visiting and to protect the people who work within this beautiful 
Capitol Complex. At every one of those events, Chief Dine and his 
department did a superb job protecting 30,000 people--Senators, 
Congressmen, and staff--who are in the Capitol Complex virtually every 
day. And that doesn't include the visitors who come here.
  So now, as the Chief embarks upon a well-deserved retirement, we 
thank him for his service. We thank his wife Robin and their two 
daughters for sharing their husband and father with us the past few 
years. I am sure this man was as taken care of at home as he has taken 
care of all of us in the metropolitan area. I hope his family takes 
satisfaction in the outstanding work he has rendered to the American 
people.
  I thank you very much, Chief. We wish you nothing but the best.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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