[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 79 (Tuesday, May 15, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H3959]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  37TH ANNUAL PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL

  (Mr. RUIZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, each day law enforcement officers all across 
our Nation risk their lives to keep our communities safe. Today at the 
37th Annual Peace Officers' Memorial, we remembered the 21,541 fallen 
officers lost in the history of our Nation.
  It was an honor to sit in solidarity with the families of Officer Gil 
Vega and Lesley Zerebny, two fallen heroes from my district.
  I am proud to welcome Officer Vega's wife, Susana; daughters, Andrea 
and Vanessa; son, Isaac; and grandchildren, Marshal, Raul, and Sophia; 
and son-in-law, Raul, who are in the House gallery with us today.
  It is our solemn duty to honor and respect the sacrifice of our law 
enforcement and their families, and I am humbled to author H.R. 5006, 
the Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gil Vega First Responders Survivors 
Support Act. This legislation will help ensure that no officer has to 
worry whether or not their family will be all right if something 
happens to them in the line of duty.
  It is an honor to serve in this great House, and we must do what is 
right for those who serve us and risk their lives in the streets.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bacon). Members are reminded to refrain 
from referring to occupants in the gallery.

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