[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 15, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H5018-H5019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                THE 147

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, under the hot summer-like sun of today, several 
thousand peace officers dressed in their bright uniforms, along with 
citizens, paid tribute to the 147 peace officers killed in service to 
America in 2006. Also honored were the families, the spouses, the 
children, the parents of these peace officers. This service today was 
held on the West side of the Capitol. It was attended by some of us in 
Congress and the President of the United States spoke.
  The wind blew the flags of the 50 States. They were held by peace 
officers, and the bagpipes played a solemn tribute in the background to 
these 147 peace officers. It was a fitting event sponsored for the 26th 
year of the Fraternal Order of Police.
  Mr. Speaker, I have known a lot of police officers for the last 30 
years. I was a prosecutor for 8 years in Texas, and then a criminal 
court judge for 22 years. I came to know a lot of them. Those rare and 
noble breed that wear the badge of a peace officer are remarkable 
people. I have even known some that have given their lives in the line 
of duty for the rest of us.
  Peace officers that patrol the small towns or the big cities or the 
vastness of our counties, whether they are local, State or Federal 
officers, are America's first line of defense against the lawless, the 
criminals, the outlaws that live to steal, murder, rob and assault 
America. Keeping the peace this last year cost 147 men and women from 
across the Nation their lives. I will submit the names of these 147 
names for the record.
  Peace officers are all that stand between the law and the lawless. 
They stand between the good and the evil. They stand between the people 
and the criminals. When they wear the badge, they are the protector of 
America's people and the public servant of all communities.
  They are on patrol 24 hours a day, so that the rest of us can go 
about our lives in peace. When we are fearful, they are fearless, and 
when we flee from terror, they run to terror. They are a cut above the 
rest of us. They are a true example of the public hero.
  So we do not forget the fallen and forget what they have done with 
this solemn reference today, we remember the 147.
  And that's just the way it is.
  Mr. Speaker, I include the names of the peace officers killed in the 
line of duty in 2006 for the Record.

           Peace Officers Killed in the Line of Duty in 2006


                                Alabama

       Anthony Maurice Andrews, Micah Joe Burks, Keith Edwin 
     Houts, Mary Freeman Smith.


                                Arizona

       Robert Daniel Targosz, Kevin Louis Weeks.


                                Arkansas

       Stacy Edward McMurrough, James Walter Sell.


                               California

       G. John Bailey, Pierre Walter Bain, Kyle Russell Ballard, 
     Daniel S. Bessant, Nich Tomasito Birco, Brent William 
     Clearman, Landon Michael Dorris, Scott Anthony Hanson, 
     William Joseph Hudnall Jr., Richard Allen May Jr., Jeffrey 
     Vaughn Mitchell, David Stan Piquette, Maria Cecilia Rosa, 
     Earl Harwood Scott, Darryl Takeo Tsujimoto, Bryan D. Tuvera.


                                Colorado

       Jared Scott Jensen, Kenneth C. Jordan, Michael Del Thomas.


                              Connecticut

       Daniel Patrick Picagli.


                          District of Columbia

       Gerard Walter Burke Jr.


                                Florida

       Phoenix Montana Braithwaite, Michael Anthony Callin, 
     Christopher Cooper Daniels Sr., Margena Silvia Nunez, John 
     Michael Piskator, Ryan Christopher Seguin, Juan A. Serrano, 
     Brian Keith Tephford, Vernon Matthew Williams.


                                Georgia

       Peter William Faatz, Michael William Larson, John William 
     McKinney, Dennis Carmen Stepnowski, Joseph Tim Whitehead Jr., 
     Dennis Christian Wright Sr., Michael Douglas Young.


                                 Hawaii

       Steve Bastidas Favela.


                                Illinois

       Jeremy Chambers, Thomas Alan Cook, Elizabeth Mazella 
     Edwards, Brian Keith Gibbons, James F. Knapp, Rodney Todd 
     Miller, Eric Solorio, Thomas T. Wood.


                                Indiana

       Gary E. Dudley, Gary L. Martin, Scott Lee Severns.


                                 Kansas

       James Leroy Johnson, Cory Allen Ricks.


                                Kentucky

       Elmer Kiser, Jonathan Kyle Leonard, David George Whitson.


                               Louisiana

       Herman Wayne Brooks, Christopher John Doyle III, Octavio 
     Rafael Gonzalez, Christopher Michael Metternich, Jeremy Paul 
     Newchurch.


                                 Maine

       David Jerome Rancourt.


                                Maryland

       William H. Beebe Jr., Anthony A. Bryd, Robert Thomas 
     Krauss, David Warren McGuinn, Jeffery Alan Wroten.


                             Massachusetts

       Paul Francis Barry.


                                Michigan

       Kenneth Lee Daniels Jr., Jason Anthony Makowski, Riley 
     Scott Sumner, Matthew J. Tuttle.


                              Mississippi

       T. Michael Byrd, Robert Michael Langley.


                                Montana

       David Leroy Briese Jr., Patrick Roy Kramer.


                                 Nevada

       Henry Prendes.


                             New Hampshire

       Michael Leland Briggs.


                               New Jersey

       Wayne Robert Clark, Matthew J. Melchionda, Kieran Tyon 
     Shields.


                               New Mexico

       James Archuleta, James Francis McGrane Jr.


                                New York

       John Robert Allen, Joseph Daniel Corr, Francis J. Hennessy, 
     Kevin M. Lee, Joseph Anthony Longobardo, Andrew J. Sperr, 
     Craig J. Todeschini, Kenneth P. Wilcox.


                                  Ohio

       Lawrence M. Barnes Sr., Ethan G. Collins, Dale Rodney 
     Holcomb, Joshua Patrick Risner, Jonathan James Schroeder.


                                Oklahoma

       William Lloyd McClendon, Steven Roy Smith.


                              Pennsylvania

       David Michael Petzold, Gary S. Skerski, Scott Alan Wertz.


                             South Carolina

       Jason Lannes Sheppard.


                               Tennessee

       William Birl Jones, L. Keith Lyon, Jeremy Victor Reynolds.


                                 Texas

       Eduardo Chavez, Dwayne N. Freeto, Dale David Geddie, Rodney 
     Joseph Johnson, Matthew DeWayne Myrick, Gregory Dean Stewart, 
     James Lee Sunderland Sr., Donald Ellis Wass, Billy Jack 
     Zachary.


                                  Utah

       Kevin Shumway Orr.


                                Virginia

       Vicky O. Armel, Gary Jonathan Buro, Seneca Bailey Darden, 
     Charles Aubrey Fisher, Michael E. Garbarino, Robert Earl 
     Green, Robert A. Hill Sr., Kevin Carder Manion, Eric E. 
     Sutphin, William Henry Tiedeman Jr.


                               Washington

       Joselito Alvarez Barber, Steve E. Cox, Edwanton Allen 
     Thomas.


                             West Virginia

       Charles Eugene Smith.


                               Wisconsin

       Stephen Joseph Hahn, Jackie Davis Ryden.


                                Wyoming

       Dennis Merwin Shuck.

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                                Federal

       Lorenzo Gomez, Nicholas D. Greenig, Daniel Joseph 
     Kuhlmeier, Gregory J. Rahoi, William Sentner III, David 
     Norman Webb.


                              Puerto Rico

       Juan Jose Burgos-Velez, Raul Canales-Mundo, Jose Luis 
     Torres-Martinez.

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