[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 81 (Monday, May 15, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2333]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, today I managed on the floor of the 
House a legislation that would honor the fallen of our many, many 
police officers, some 800,000 across America.
  I had the privilege of joining many, many families and police 
officers in the National Fraternal Order of Police 42nd annual National 
Peace Officers Service to hear the names, one after the other, of the 
many States of those who lost their lives.
  As I said earlier in debate, the Houston Police Department was 
present, along with the Harris County Sheriff's Office, and we 
recognized those who had fallen in those two departments. It was a time 
when I even said to the families: Never let them walk alone.
  I honor them.
  I will take a moment because I recognize the importance of children, 
and I am asking the Department of Justice and the Department of 
Education to help us stop the hostile State takeover of the Houston 
Independent School District. It is urgent and imperative that this 
district survives, and we need Federal Government intervention now.

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