[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 17, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2409]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE BRAVE MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

  (Mr. D'ESPOSITO asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. D'ESPOSITO. Madam Speaker, as we are in the midst of National 
Police Week, on Thursday, riding bicycles with the Capitol Police and 
Speaker McCarthy, from the steps of the Capitol Building to the 
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, I couldn't help but think 
back to the day when I took the oath to become a member of the New York 
City Police Department.
  Upon my many visits to the National Law Enforcement Officers 
Memorial, I think back to the inscription underneath the lion that 
says: ``It is not how these officers died that made them heroes, it is 
how they lived.''
  Madam Speaker, I recognize the heroes that were added to the wall 
from my district, representing the Nassau County Police Department: 
Hector Nunez, Matt Perlungher, Charles Vroom, IV, and Robert Negri. 
Their families were here on Capitol Hill this week to watch as their 
loved ones were added to the wall.
  Madam Speaker, we are reminded each day that it wasn't how they died 
that made them heroes, it was how they lived.

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