[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 9, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT DAY

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I rise tonight in recognition of National 
Law Enforcement Day.
  Our officers who hit the streets on behalf of our safety, we need to 
show them appreciation, and I do. We also need to give them better 
tools and better laws that make their job easier, because it is, 
indeed, at the end of the day, us who they are protecting.
  We have things happen in California, like we saw with the tragedy, 
due to lack of control of our borders, with Officer Singh, who 
unfortunately had to give his life unnecessarily. These tragedies need 
to end.
  On this day, as we recognize them, the thin blue line between us as 
citizens and the harm that could be brought to us is greatly 
appreciated.
  For those who are always out there and every day get up, kiss their 
families good-bye, and, hopefully, return home at the end of that day 
safe as they have kept us safe, we honor them. We ask for God's 
blessings for safety and to return home each day intact as they keep 
our communities intact.
  We need to do a better job of honoring them by giving them the tools, 
the laws, and the secure borders that would help them accomplish that.

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