[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    TEXAS LAWMAN CHRISTOPHER GAINES

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it is remarkable that Harris County, 
Texas, Precinct 4 Deputy Constable Christopher Gaines is alive.
  On April 17, Deputy Gaines and three other officers responded to a 
domestic violence call in Atascocita, Texas, where we both live. 
Approaching the house, the officers were cautious, and rightfully so. 
After all, Mr. Speaker, 22 percent of police officers that are shot 
occur during domestic violence calls.
  Suddenly, the outlaw dashed out of the house with his guns blazing. 
The deputies returned fire, but with little or no area to take cover, 
2-year veteran of the force Deputy Constable Gaines was shot in the 
abdomen at point-blank range with a shotgun. Gaines' wife even heard 
the shots from their nearby home.
  Gaines' fellow officers rushed him to the hospital and put him 
directly into surgery.
  Gaines' only thoughts were of his wife and his 4-year-old daughter, 
Zoey. Thanks to the good Lord, and the medical professionals at 
Memorial Hermann, Zoey's dad is alive. After speaking with him, he told 
me he is in high spirits and expected to recover. He is already talking 
about returning to work.
  Mr. Speaker, Deputy Christopher Gaines is one of the rare breed of 
American lawmen that always stand ready to protect and defend the rest 
of us from evildoers.
  And that is just the way it is.

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