[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 77 (Tuesday, June 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H3025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING THE MEMORY AND SACRIFICE OF CODY CARPENTER AND JOEL CAMPORA

  (Mr. COTTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COTTON. Today, on behalf of a grateful State, I rise to honor 
Scott County Sheriff Cody Carpenter and Arkansas Game and Fish wildlife 
officer Joel Campora, who died heroically last week trying to save 
their fellow Arkansans from flash floods.
  Sheriff Carpenter leaves behind a wife and four children. Officer 
Campora leaves behind a wife and two daughters. Along with my fellow 
Arkansans, I want to express my deepest condolences to their families, 
their communities, and their brothers and sisters in law enforcement.
  But even as we mourn their deaths and console their loved ones, let 
us also honor their sacrifice and courage. Sheriff Carpenter and 
Officer Campora died in the line of duty protecting their fellow 
citizens. John 15:13 says:

       Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his 
     life for his friends.

  These men volunteered for duty that can call for that ultimate 
sacrifice every day. Now that they have laid down their lives, I join 
my State and my country in mourning and celebrating their cherished 
memory.

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