[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING KING COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF STEVE COX

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                           HON. JIM McDERMOTT

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 7, 2006

  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues in the House, 
my constituents in Washington's 7th Congressional District, and First 
Responders across America to join me in honoring a fallen hero, King 
County Deputy Sheriff Steve Cox.
  Last weekend, Steve Cox, an extraordinary public servant, was killed 
in the line of duty while interviewing witnesses to a shooting in the 
White Center neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. The tragic loss of 
this 9 year veteran of law enforcement has stunned and saddened our 
entire community.
  Steve Cox had become the White Center neighborhood's Superhero. Area 
residents remembered Deputy Cox in The Seattle Times as the person 
``who was single-handedly making the streets safer and the neighborhood 
better. He became so deeply involved in community issues that he was 
elected president of the local Council. To his family, he was a man who 
had found new joy since he and his wife, Maria, adopted a baby, 
Bronson, who turned 1 in October.''
  Deputy Cox exhibited a personal and steadfast commitment to law 
enforcement and community safety that spanned varied sides of the law 
enforcement profession. The son of teachers, Deputy Cox was an attorney 
and served as a deputy prosecutor in Franklin and King Counties prior 
to becoming a King County Sheriff's Deputy 9 years ago.
  I had the honor of meeting Deputy Cox in our community. I know that 
he touched the lives of so many that he so honorably served.
  Deputy Steve Cox led by example. He was and will always be a role 
model of selfless public service. We mourn his passing, but we are 
grateful for the life he led on our behalf and the legacy of idealism 
and heroism we will never forget.

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