REID SPEAKS ON FIRST RESPONDERS BUDGET
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) sits next to Washington DC Metropolitan Police Officer Irene Hughes, at a press conference in which Reid spoke on the importance of increasing the budget for first responders and their importance in securing America on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 11, 2005. (UPI/Photo Kevin Dietsch)
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