are now 16 years from the assassination of abraham lincoln, and apparently, people in the white house still have not gotten the message, have not read the memo, have not learned what we need to do to protect america's presidents and keep them secure. because like some of the people in this room, james garfield had a summer house at the jersey shore, and one very hot summer, he simply wanted to be reunited with his family. he wanted to take the train from washington dc to the jersey shore. and people in the white house allowed him to drive to the train station with his secretary of state, james blaine, but with no security whatsoever. when they arrived at the train station, they were met by another member of garfield's administration, robert todd lincoln, the son of our most revered president. but no security whatsoever. that is how garfield's assassin was able to sneak up on the president from behind, pull out