[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 24 (Monday, February 7, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   REMEMBERING SERGEANT CHRIS JENKINS

  (Mr. BURCHETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURCHETT. Madam Speaker, I rise tonight with a heavy heart as the 
citizens of my district and, especially, Loudon County mourn the loss 
of Sergeant Chris Jenkins, a military veteran and long-time member of 
the Loudon County Sheriff's Office.
  Sergeant Jenkins was killed last week. He was hit by an intoxicated 
driver behind the wheel of a semitruck. His life was cut way too short, 
but the impact he had on his community will live on long into the 
future.
  Sergeant Jenkins served with honor, proudly going to work every day 
in service to others and knowing that any day he could be asked to make 
the ultimate sacrifice.
  Today, I had the privilege of speaking on the phone with Sergeant 
Jenkins' sweet mother, Faye, and his son Clay, who is also a Loudon 
County Sheriff's deputy. Many of my friends in the Chamber know that 
those are the hardest calls to make.
  To me, our servicemembers and first responders are all heroes. But 
talking to mothers like Faye, Madam Speaker, you are reminded that 
these heroes are so much more: they are mothers and fathers, sons and 
daughters, brothers and sisters.

  So, Madam Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in honoring the 
life and service of Sergeant Chris Jenkins and offer up a prayer 
tonight that his family find some comfort in their loss.

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