[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 27, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E230]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO CORPORAL MUJAHID RAMZZIDDIN

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                          HON. STENY H. HOYER

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 27, 2018

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, on Friday I attended the funeral of a hero. 
Prince George's County lost a dedicated Corporal last Wednesday, who 
was shot and killed while off duty but still doing his duty. Corporal 
Mujahid Ramzziddin, a fourteen-year veteran of the force, stepped in to 
protect a neighbor from an abusive spouse. As Chief Hank Stawinski 
said: `He saved her life by giving his own.' He is the thirtieth Prince 
George's County police officer to die in the line of duty. Corporal 
Ramzziddin's courage is an example of the kind of devotion to duty that 
our law enforcement officers in Prince George's County and across 
Maryland and the United States demonstrate each day they serve.
  At the funeral in Lanham, I joined state and county officials in 
comforting Corporal Ramzziddin's wife Tammi and his four children as 
they paid their final tributes to him and laid him to rest according to 
traditional Muslim rites. I was honored to present Tammi with a flag 
flown over the U.S. Capitol in memory of her husband, and I was deeply 
moved by the outpouring of support and love from the community to the 
Ramzziddin family. They are in my thoughts at this difficult time, as 
is Corporal Ramzziddin' s heroic example.
  Corporal Ramzziddin was not only a dedicated law enforcement officer; 
he was also a volunteer in the community. He served in several ways 
with the Nation's Mosque, including as a leader for its Boy Scout Troop 
1517, on its safety and security committee, and with the men's group 
that engaged in neighborhood litter removal projects. Corporal 
Ramzziddin was a man of faith and service, a patriot and a hero to his 
community. It surprised no one who knew him that he gave his life while 
trying to protect someone else.
  I hope all of my colleagues in this House will join me in paying 
tribute to Corporal Mujahid Ramzziddin for his life of service and his 
ultimate sacrifice protecting the people of Prince George's County, 
Maryland.

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