[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 129 (Wednesday, September 9, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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               RECOGNIZING CHESTER COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT

  (Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, on August 26th, an armed 
man, who we later learned posed a security threat when he jumped the 
fence at the White House earlier this year, charged past the metal 
detectors at the Chester County Courthouse in my district and 
threatened those going about their daily schedules. The intruder used a 
knife to attack and wound a deputy sheriff before being shot dead.
  Just a few years earlier I had served as a Chester County 
Commissioner and regularly went into that building.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and thank those security 
officers, especially those serving in the Chester County Sheriff's 
Department who put their lives on the line each day to protect our 
communities, for their hard work.
  Unspoken and often unknown to many is the countless amount of time 
spent training and preparing for such an incident if it ever does come 
about.
  We owe a special thanks to Sheriff Bunny Welsh and those in her 
department for the service they provide every single day.
  Mr. Speaker, it is because of their heroic efforts that for those who 
enter the Chester County Courthouse day in and day out can feel safe.

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