[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 6463-6464]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING CAPTAIN ROBBIE BISHOP

  (Mr. BARR of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a true 
American hero. As mind-altering drugs rip through America's homes and 
neighborhoods, leaving ruined lives in their wake, a group of brave men 
and women have stepped forward to fight this scourge. These men and 
women are our law enforcement professionals.
  Captain Robbie Bishop of the Villa Rica Police Department was one 
such man. Every day he risked his life to keep drugs out of our schools 
and neighborhoods. He was willing to pay the ultimate price for his 
battle, as he did so on January 20 of this year when he was shot to 
death in his patrol car by a suspected drug trafficker who fled

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to Canada and has just been returned to America.
  While nothing can ease the pain Captain Bishop's family, his 
department, and community feel at losing him, we can take some comfort 
in the knowledge that his sacrifice saved the lives of so many others.
  During the past 7 years alone, Robbie Bishop directly assisted in the 
seizure of over 10,000 pounds of narcotics and more than $8 million 
from drug traffickers. These are drugs and resources that would have 
threatened and taken other lives if brave men and women like Captain 
Bishop had not stood in the way.
  I commend the dedication and sacrifice of Captain Robbie Bishop of 
the Villa Rica Police Department, and I hope that his life and legacy 
will serve as an incentive for all of us to continue the war against 
mind-altering drugs.

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