[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 9 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H203]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING JESUS JESSE VARGAS

  (Mr. NEHLS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. NEHLS. Mr. Speaker, my Texas colleagues and I rise today to honor 
a hero, Brazoria County Sheriff's Deputy Jesus Jesse Vargas.
  Deputy Vargas was a proud husband and father of three school-age 
children. Deputy Vargas was shot and killed in the line of duty while 
working as a member of the U.S. Marshals' Gulf Coast Violent Offenders 
Task Force, serving a warrant on a repeat offender. He was a dedicated 
public servant who was with the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office for 17 
years.
  As a former law enforcement officer and sheriff of Fort Bend County, 
Texas, I know all too well the sacrifices our Nation's law enforcement 
officers make.
  Deputy Vargas was a hero to Brazoria County, the great State of 
Texas, and our Nation.
  My prayers are with the Vargas family, Brazoria County Sheriff Bo 
Stallman, and the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office, the community, and 
every man and woman in blue.
  The war on our law enforcement must end.
  I ask everyone in the Chamber to bow their heads in a moment of 
silence.

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