[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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