[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 19, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S61-S62]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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    SENATE RESOLUTION 5--HONORING THE MEMORY OF OFFICER BRIAN DAVID 
 SICKNICK OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE FOR HIS SELFLESS ACTS OF 
 HEROISM ON THE GROUNDS OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL ON JANUARY 6, 2021

  Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, 
Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
Boozman, Mr. Braun, Mr. Brown, Mr. Burr, Ms. Cantwell, Mrs. Capito, Mr. 
Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Collins, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
Cornyn, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, 
Mr. Daines, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Ms. Ernst, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
Fischer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hagerty, Ms. 
Hassan, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Hickenlooper, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Kelly, 
Mr. Kennedy, Mr. King, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lee, 
Mrs. Loeffler, Mr. Lujan, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Markey, Mr. 
Marshall, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Moran, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peters, Mr. Portman, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
Risch, Mr. Romney, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
Sasse, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, 
Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Smith, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. 
Sullivan, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Toomey, Mr. 
Tuberville, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
Wicker, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Young) submitted the following resolution; 
which was considered and agreed to:

                               S. Res. 5

       Whereas Brian David Sicknick was born in New Brunswick, New 
     Jersey in 1978, the youngest of 3 sons to Gladys and Charles 
     Sicknick;
       Whereas Officer Sicknick served his country in the New 
     Jersey Air National Guard both on American soil and in 
     overseas deployments, from 1997 until his honorable discharge 
     in 2003;
       Whereas Officer Sicknick joined the United States Capitol 
     Police in July, 2008 and served most recently in the First 
     Responder's Unit;
       Whereas a joint session of Congress met in the United 
     States Capitol on January 6, 2021, for the purpose of 
     counting the votes of the Electoral College in the 2020 
     presidential election, as required by the Constitution of the 
     United States;
       Whereas on the afternoon of January 6, 2021, rioters 
     attacked the United States Capitol with the goal of 
     disrupting the counting of the electoral votes;

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       Whereas Officer Sicknick responded to these riots bravely 
     and was seriously injured in the course of his duty;
       Whereas Officer Sicknick returned to his division office, 
     collapsed, and was taken to a local hospital where he 
     succumbed to his injuries;
       Whereas Officer Sicknick is survived by family and loved 
     ones, including his parents, Charles and Gladys, 2 brothers, 
     Ken and Craig, his longtime girlfriend of 11 years, Sandra 
     Garza, his Aunt Alberta, Uncle Ray, Cousin Aaron, Aunt 
     Elaine, and 2 dachshunds, Sparky and Pebbles; and
       Whereas Officer Sicknick, his colleagues at the United 
     States Capitol Police, and their Federal and local law 
     enforcement partners who responded to the attack on the 
     Capitol, and National Guard partners are true national heroes 
     to whom the United States owes a deep debt of gratitude: Now, 
     therefore be it
       Resolved, That--
       (1) the Senate--
       (A) honors the memory of United States Capitol Police 
     Officer Brian D. Sicknick for the selfless acts of heroism 
     displayed on January 6, 2021, in risking and sacrificing his 
     life in the line of duty;
       (B) calls upon the appropriate law enforcement agencies to 
     investigate and bring to justice those responsible for the 
     January 6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol and the 
     death of Officer Sicknick; and
       (C) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the 
     Senate--
       (i) communicate this resolution to the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (ii) transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to the 
     family of United States Capitol Police Officer Brian D. 
     Sicknick; and
       (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stand adjourned as a 
     further mark of respect to the memory of United States 
     Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick.

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