[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 71 (Monday, May 11, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2762-S2763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 177--DESIGNATING THE WEEK OF MAY 10 THROUGH MAY 16, 
                   2015, AS ``NATIONAL POLICE WEEK''

  Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Coons, Ms. 
Murkowski, Ms. Heitkamp, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
Schumer, Mr. Hatch, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
Alexander, Ms. Warren, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Brown, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Franken, 
Mr. Thune, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Scott, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
Warner, Mr. Rubio, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Wicker, 
Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Peters) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 177

       Whereas, in 1962, John Fitzgerald Kennedy signed the Joint 
     Resolution entitled ``Joint Resolution to authorize the 
     President to proclaim May 15 of each year as Peace Officers 
     Memorial Day and the calendar week of each year during which 
     such May 15 occurs as Police Week'' (36 U.S.C. 136);
       Whereas law enforcement officers are charged with pursuing 
     justice and protecting communities in the United States;
       Whereas Federal, State, local, and tribal police officers, 
     sheriffs, and other law enforcement officers across the 
     United States serve with dignity and integrity;
       Whereas, in 2015, on the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma 
     City Murrah Federal Building bombing, the Senate honors the 
     memory of those who perished in the bombing and the role of 
     law enforcement officers as both first responders to 
     terrorist attacks and protectors of the homeland from foreign 
     and domestic threats;
       Whereas law enforcement officers selflessly serve their 
     communities even at the risk of their own personal safety, 
     including the abhorrent murders of New York Police Department 
     Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu;
       Whereas Peace Officers Memorial Day honors all law 
     enforcement officers killed in the line of duty;
       Whereas Peace Officers Memorial Day, 2015, honors 127 law 
     enforcement officers recently killed in the line of duty, 
     including David T. Johnson, Terry B. Fisher, Clinton Jeffrey 
     Holtz, Carlos A. Rivera-Vega, Thomas A. Smith, Jr., Kristian 
     D. Willhight, Brian D. Beck, David M. Baldwin, Eddie Maurice 
     Hamer, Carlos Papillion, Jr., Cory B. Wride, Percy Lee House 
     III, Jonathan Scott Pine, Amanda B. Baker, Brian M. Law, Juan 
     Jaime Gonzalez, John T. Hobbs, Nicholas Choung Lee, Derek 
     Andrew Hansen, Joaquin Correa-Ortega, Jason M. Crisp, Marc 
     Uland Kelley, Allen Ray Richardson, James P. Morrissy, Ricky 
     Del Fiorentino, Robert G. German, Mark A. Mayo, Mark H. 
     Larson, Alexander E. Thalmann, David W. Smith, Jr., Gregory 
     T. Maloney, Ernest T. Franklin, Dennis Guerra, Christopher A. 
     Cortijo, Douglas H. Mayville, Mareli A. Morales-Santiago, 
     Dennis Oliver Simmonds, Michael J. Seversen, William Heath 
     Kelley, Bryan Marshall Berger, Gabriel Rich, Patrick Scott 
     Johnson, Roberto Carlos Sanchez, Chelsea Richard, Noel Lee 
     Hawk, John Collum, Michael Alexander Petrina, Charles 
     Dinwiddie, Stephen Arkell, Steven LaCruz Thomas, Chad 
     Charles, Jair A. Cabrera, Alexander Giannini, Christopher 
     Skinner, Frank McKnight, Brian W. Jones, Paul A. Buckles, 
     Kevin Dorian Jordan, Daryl Giles, Igor Soldo, Alyn R. Beck, 
     Scott M. Hewell, Lee Dixon, Allen Bares, Jr., Jacob Daniel 
     Calvin, Perry W. Renn, Jeffrey Brady Westerfield, Frank 
     Gregory Bordonaro, Melvin Santiago, Christopher M. Goodell, 
     Scott Patrick, Mark A. Hecker, Patrick Libertone, Joseph 
     James Dunn I, Michael Pimentel, Geniel Amaro-Fantauzzi, 
     Cleveland Johnson, Jr., Paul Ferrara, Daryl R. Pierson, 
     Nickolaus E. Schultz, Jason E. Harwood, Joseph J. Matuskovic, 
     Tyler R. Robledo, Byron Keith Dickson II, Michael Norris, 
     Reinaldo Arocha, Jr., Jessica Laura Hollis, Michael C. 
     Williams, Jordan J. Corder, David Kedra, Michael Joe Naylor, 
     Eddie Johnson, Jr., Danny Oliver, Michael David Davis, Jr., 
     Kagan Dindar, John Timothy Williamson, Anthony Haase, Robert 
     Blajszczak, Jeffrey W. Garrett, Yevhen Eugene Kostiuchenko, 
     Jesse Valdez III, Shaun Richard Diamond, David Payne, Robert 
     Parker White, Matthew Chism, Darrell Perritt, Holmes 
     Nathaniel Smith, Jr., Ronald A. Leisure, Justin Winebrenner, 
     Jeffrey Wayne Greene, Alejandro Martinez, Sr.,

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     Christopher Smith, James Hart, Edwin O. Roman-Acevedo, Ernest 
     J. Montoya, Sr., Grant William Whitaker, Richard Anthony 
     Champion, John Robert Street, Rafael Ramos, Wenjian Liu, 
     Charles R. Kondek, Jr., Jamel Clagett, Tyler Jacob Stewart, 
     Stephen Petruzzello, Thomas Choi, James E. Foster, Jr., and 
     Timothy Mitchell; and
       Whereas 44 law enforcement officers across the United 
     States have made the ultimate sacrifice during the first 4 
     months of 2015: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates the week of May 10 through May 16, 2015, as 
     ``National Police Week'';
       (2) expresses strong support for law enforcement officers 
     across the United States for their efforts to build safer and 
     more secure communities;
       (3) recognizes the need to ensure that law enforcement 
     officers have the equipment, training, and resources 
     necessary to protect their health and safety while the law 
     enforcement officers are protecting the public;
       (4) recognizes the members of the law enforcement community 
     for their selfless acts of bravery;
       (5) acknowledges that police officers and other law 
     enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice 
     should be remembered and honored; and
       (6) encourages the people of the United States to observe 
     National Police Week with appropriate ceremonies and 
     activities that promote awareness of the vital role of law 
     enforcement officers in building safer and more secure 
     communities across the United States.

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