[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 118 (Monday, July 15, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





  COMMENDING HARTSELLE POLICE OFFICERS ROBERT BAKER AND ROGER SPEAKE, 
   LIEUTENANT ROBERT FINN, AND HARTSELLE UTILITIES EMPLOYEE STEPHEN 
                 JOHNSON FOR BRAVE, LIFE-SAVING ACTIONS

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                             HON. MO BROOKS

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 15, 2019

  Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
Hartselle Police Officers Robert Baker and Roger Speake, Hartselle 
Police Lieutenant Robert Finn, and Hartselle Utilities employee Stephen 
Johnson for their brave, life-saving actions on February 22, 2019.
  In the early morning hours of February 22nd, Officers Baker and 
Speake, and Lieutenant Finn responded to a house fire. Upon their 
arrival at the home, they found the fire was spreading quickly and a 
woman with limited-mobility was trapped. Thankfully, Hartselle 
Utilities employee Stephen Johnson, who had been working nearby, was 
already on the scene. As a team, Baker, Speake, Finn, and Johnson, 
risking their safety, broke down a fence at the side of the house and 
successfully evacuated the woman from her bedroom window with only 
minutes to spare before the house was completely engulfed in flames.
  Madam Speaker, in the face of imminent danger to their own lives, 
Officers Baker and Speake, Lieutenant Finn, and Mr. Johnson, acted 
decisively and selflessly, saving the life of our fellow community 
member.
  I commend Officers Baker and Speake, Lieutenant Finn, and Mr. Johnson 
for their courageous actions in service to others.

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