[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24635]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        TRIBUTE TO COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL

 Mr. ISAKSON. Mr. President, on October 1, 2007, the Cobb 
Chamber of Commerce will hold its Public Safety Recognition Awards 
breakfast, and I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude and 
appreciation for all public safety personnel in my home county of Cobb.
  Our public safety officers and personnel make the difference in 
ensuring that we are able to go about our daily routines, get a good 
night's sleep, and enjoy the many freedoms we have in our country today 
because we don't have to constantly fear for our well-being. For this, 
I believe I am representing not only my Cobb County constituents, but 
all Georgians when I say thank you to all of our public safety 
personnel.
  Whether they are the dispatcher answering the telephone, an officer 
on the street, an undercover agent living in dirty and dangerous 
conditions to obtain needed information or an assistant at a desk, they 
all work as a team to keep me safe, my family safe, and Cobb County 
safe.
  In addition to the daily requirements of basic safety, they go above 
and beyond by helping to educate our citizens and young people through 
special programs in schools, such as Partners in Education, and 
throughout the community to help fight crime and keep folks off drugs.
  As we recently observed the sixth anniversary of the September 11 
attacks on our Nation, we are reminded of the great lengths our public 
safety personnel and first responders go to in order to keep us safe. 
Cobb County's public safety personnel--our police, firefighters and 
emergency medical professionals--have answered the extraordinary call 
to serve their county and risk their lives to keep our community safe. 
They are America's first line of defense, and they are our true 
American heroes.

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