[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[House]
[Page 31402]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        CONGRATULATING MAJOR LES BRAUNNS, ARKANSAS STATE POLICE

  (Mr. BOOZMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to offer my congratulations 
to one of my constituents who's dedicated his adult life toward 
protecting the men and women of Arkansas.
  I rise to congratulate Les Braunns of Springdale on his promotion to 
the rank of major in the Arkansas State Police. A 28-year veteran 
trooper, Major Braunns was most recently the commanding officer of 
Troop L, where he earned the respect and friendship of the men he 
commanded.
  According to the men of Troop L, Major Braunns always led his men by 
example, and led his men from the front, never asking a trooper to 
perform a task he was unwilling to perform himself.
  His men pointed to the most recent example of his leadership from an 
incident in July when the Hell's Angels descended on my district for 
their annual get-together. Then Captain Braunns marched into a group of 
300 and told them, ``You can police yourselves, or we can do it for 
you.'' The State police kept their word and so did the Hell's Angels.
  I congratulate Major Braunns on his promotion, and I thank him and 
appreciate all that he's done for the State of Arkansas.

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