[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 13, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Honoring Officer William F. Evans

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, on Good Friday, another Capitol Police 
officer lost his life defending this building and all those in it.
  Officer Billy Evans was killed when an individual rammed Officer 
Evans with his car at the barricade Officer Evans was manning. Another 
Capitol Police officer, Officer Ken Shaver, was injured in the attack.
  We talk about how police officers leave their homes each day not 
knowing what they will face. Good Friday's attack was a reminder of how 
true that is.
  We can only be thankful that despite the ever-present risk that they 
will not make it back to their homes, men and women like Officer Evans 
and Officer Shaver still choose to serve--to put themselves on the 
frontlines facing evil and danger so that the rest of us don't have to.
  I know the officers of the Capitol Police have had an unthinkably 
difficult few months. I hope they know how grateful we are for their 
service.
  Today Officer Billy Evans lies in honor in the Rotunda, a fitting 
tribute to a man who lived and died to protect those who serve in this 
building.
  My thoughts and prayers are with Officer Evans' two children, Logan 
and Abigail, with his mother Janice, and with all those who mourn this 
brave man. May his memory be eternal.