[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 83 (Thursday, May 13, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                          NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

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                               speech of

                            HON. JIM JORDAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 12, 2021

  Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, this week we commemorate ``National Police 
Week'' and recognize the men and women who serve and protect in the law 
enforcement community. A Joint Resolution of Congress established 
National Police Week in 1962. That resolution authorized President John 
F. Kennedy to proclaim May 15 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day 
and the calendar week in which May 15 falls, as National Police Week.
  In that resolution nearly sixty years ago, Congress noted that ``the 
police officers of America have worked devotedly and selflessly in 
behalf of the people of this Nation, regardless of the peril or hazard 
to themselves; and . . . have safeguarded the lives and property of 
their fellow Americans.'' Those words are as true today as they were in 
1962.
  Over the past year, our law enforcement officers have endured verbal 
and physical abuse, sometimes from their political leaders. Some made 
the ultimate sacrifice while working to keep their communities safe. 
They did this while some politicians were calling for their departments 
to be defunded, disbanded, or dismantled. They did this while working 
on the front lines during a global pandemic.
  We should not just stand with the Police this week, but every week. I 
urge my colleagues to join me in recognizing the law enforcement 
officers in their communities and thank them for keeping us all safe.

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