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CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEE APPLAUDS U.S. CAPITOL POLICE RESPONSE TO INCIDENT AT CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

March 29, 2016

Jackson Lee: “I commend the dedicated members of the U.S. Capitol Police for their effective and measured response to the incident at the Capitol Visitor Center.”

March 28, 2016

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a Senior Member of the House Homeland Security Committee and the Judiciary Committee, and the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations released the following statement today regarding the incident at the Capitol Visitor Center:

“I commend the members of the U.S. Capitol Police for their rapid and effective response to the incident at the Capitol Visitor Center. Thanks to their professionalism and skill the gunman was apprehended with no loss of innocent life. I extend my best wishes for a speedy recovery to the wounded bystander.

“The American people can be proud of the work done every day by the selfless men and women of the U.S. Capitol Police who safeguard the nation’s Capitol and ensure the safety of the public when they visit the citadel of the world’s greatest democracy.”

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is a Democrat from Texas’s 18th Congressional District. She is a senior member of the House Committees on Judiciary and Homeland Security and is Ranking Member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.