[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 158 (Monday, September 14, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H4372]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RECOGNIZING MATTHEW WEBB AND WILLIAM GIANAKOPOLOUS

  (Mr. VAN DREW asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VAN DREW. Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize two brave police 
officers in my district for their outstanding actions and bravery.
  Sergeant Matthew Christopher Webb and Corporal William Gianakopolous 
exemplify the best of our Nation.
  Webb and Gianakopolous responded to a house fire and an armed man 
following a woman during the very same shift.
  At 1 a.m. on July 6, Webb and Gianakopolous helped evacuate residents 
and a family pet from a fire where they bravely went into the burning 
structure several times.
  Then at 5 a.m. on the same day, they responded to a call of a man 
following a woman where the officers found him hiding with two knives 
in his possession.
  Mr. Speaker, Officers Webb and Gianakopolous, exemplify courage, 
commitment and honor that our Nation, State, and south Jersey deserve, 
and we thank them for their heroism.
  The virtue and integrity of the majority of our hard-working men and 
women in blue cannot go unnoticed, especially in these trying times.
  William and Matthew, thank you. May God bless you and God bless 
America.

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