[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 68 (Thursday, April 26, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3590]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                     HONORING CORPORAL EUGENE COLE

  (Mr. POLIQUIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POLIQUIN. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, my fellow Mainers woke up to 
heartbreaking news: Corporal Eugene Cole, a deputy at Somerset County 
Sheriff's Office in Norridgewock, was shot and killed in the line of 
duty. This horrific act was the first killing of a police officer in 
Maine in almost 30 years.
  Every day, Mr. Speaker, for 13 years, Eugene Cole put on his uniform 
and his equipment and set out to protect our families in Maine. Mr. 
Cole served central Maine with honor and integrity and a relentless 
sense of duty.
  Mr. Speaker, Maine is one of the safest places in the country to live 
and work and raise your kids, and that is because of heroes like Eugene 
Cole. I am so grateful for his work and his sacrifice.
  On behalf of all of my fellow Mainers, Mr. Speaker, I send our 
deepest sympathies to the family of Eugene Cole. I will be praying for 
them during this very, very difficult time.

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