[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 15, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S5091]
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                           THE GAINES FAMILY

  Mr. KERRY. Madam President, as we observe National Police Week, I 
want to pay a special tribute to one police family in Massachusetts. 
For the third year in a row, a group of 46 officers and friends from 
Massachusetts rode the 600 miles to Washington on their bicycles to 
attend ceremonies at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial to 
honor those who have fallen in the line of duty. Among that group is 
Officer Paul Gaines and his three sons, Kevin, 10 years old; Stephen, 
12; and Shawn, 14. Back at home, and missing her sons on Mother's Day 
is Sgt. Gladys Gaines, head of the Boston Police Department's domestic 
violence unit.
  This remarkable family is an inspiration to all of us. While 
dysfunctional families who raise troubled children make the news, Paul 
and Gladys Gaines have obviously imparted to their children high moral 
values and a sense of responsibility to family and community, their own 
family, the family of brother and sister law enforcement officers, and 
the larger community of the Commonwealth. I want to pay tribute to the 
Gaines family and to the work they do as police officers and as 
parents.

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