[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E275-E276]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING CLAY COUNTY DETECTIVE DAVID WHITE

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                           HON. CLIFF STEARNS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 29, 2012

  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Clay County 
Detective David White who was killed in the line of duty on February 
16, 2012 at age 35. Detective White and his partner, Detective Matt 
Hanlin, were in the process of breaking up a meth lab in Middleburg, 
Florida. Detective Hanlin was shot in the arm and is expected to 
recover. White is the first Clay County deputy shot on duty in nearly 
40 years and the first killed in the line of duty since 1913. He is not 
only a hero as part of the Clay County Sheriff's Office, but also in 
his service as a specialist in the U.S. Army Reserve as a military 
police platoon team leader in deployments to Croatia, Bosnia and Iraq. 
He is survived by his wife and two children, ages 3 months and 2 years 
old; he and his family are in our prayers. David's life is a testament 
to the courage and sense of duty that men and women possess, who chose 
to dedicate their lives to defend us all. His tragic death is not in 
vain but a tribute to the highest ideals of self-sacrifice for freedom 
and justice. God Bless him.

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