[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S566]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                Honoring Deputy Marshal Christopher Hill

  Mr. TOOMEY. Mr. President, I rise today to speak about two separate 
matters. The first is a very painful and difficult topic, but I feel it 
is important to address.
  I wish to recognize, acknowledge, and honor the heroic life and 
legacy and sacrifice of one of Pennsylvania's finest: Deputy U.S. 
Marshal Christopher Hill.
  On January 18 of this year, Deputy Hill was shot and killed while he 
was apprehending a fugitive in Harrisburg, PA. Christopher Hill lived 
in York, PA. He was only 45 years old. He was a husband and the father 
of two young children. He dedicated his life to serving and protecting 
first his country and later his community. He was an 11-year veteran of 
the U.S. Marshals Service. He was a former U.S. Army Ranger who had 
been deployed to Somalia. In 2014, Deputy Hill was one of the deputy 
marshals who helped capture a notorious cop killer in Pennsylvania, 
Eric Frein, who was the subject of one of the largest and longest 
manhunts in recent history throughout rural Pennsylvania.
  The fact is that day in and day out for a very long period of time, 
Christopher Hill put his life on the line for the rest of us. He did it 
as an Army Ranger in Somalia. He did it as a deputy U.S. marshal. I had 
the privilege of attending the memorial service for him recently. It 
was extraordinary to hear one after another of the people whom he had 
served with in various capacities speak about a truly extraordinary 
individual, a guy who was by all accounts humble and modest but 
absolutely dedicated with a passion to his family, to his community, 
and to his country.
  Sometimes it is easy for us to forget the risks and sacrifices that 
are being taken by the men and women who wear various uniforms that 
represent the various organizations that defend and protect us. But I 
want to say to the people of Pennsylvania and to the family of 
Christopher Hill that we are never going to forget the bravery and the 
sacrifice and the service he provided for all of us.