“Is this something that Congress can act on ... “We are so lucky to live in Massachusetts, where library services are supported by our state officials,” Sharry said.

The 27-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested Tuesday after Capitol police officers found him leaving the Library of Congress and walking toward his car, police said in a news release.

But Jefferson had a second motive: His books were bound for Washington, D.C., where they would become the cornerstone of the rebuilt Library of Congress, which the British Army had torched the ...